03992cam a2200637 4500 2718337165 TxAuBib 20260328120000.0 ||||||s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798217086498 B0FFFZ27GQ Amazon 1fbb67bc-1150-4917-bdf3-9a5c4b9aad78 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12051660 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lehmann, Rebecca. The Beheading Game [Sunflower eLibrary eBook] : A Novel. Crown, 2026. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. historical fiction books. feminist books for women. strong female character. magical realism fiction. alternate history books. magical realism novels. magical realism novel. magical realism books. feminist gifts women. Alternative History. Historical Fiction. the beheading game. Alternate History. women in history. anne boleyn book. magical realism. British History. king henry viii. feminist gifts. sweet revenge. feminist book. Royal Family. Anne Boleyn. female rage. King Henry. vengeance. feminist. revenge. heroine. HTML:<b><i>Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . .</i></b><br /> <b>We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?</b><br /> <b><br /> “Fabulous! A marvelously inventive and mythic reworking of the story of Anne Boleyn. I loved it.”—Kelly Link, author of <i>The Book of Love</i></b><br /> <b><br /> <i>“Nobody was surprised at Anne’s conviction. The world loves to put a woman in her place.”</i></b><br /> <i>The Beheading Game</i> begins in the hours after Anne Boleyn’s beheading, when she wakes to find herself unceremoniously laid to rest in a makeshift coffin, her head wrapped in linen at her knees. Discarded by King Henry VIII for being unable to give him a male heir and reviled by Cromwell for being too smart for her own good, she was ultimately executed based on trumped-up charges of adultery, incest, and high treason.<br /> Anne escapes the Tower of London, sews her head back on, then sets out on a quest to kill Henry VIII before he can marry her own lady-in-waiting Jane Seymour. The stakes are high—if Jane gives birth to a rival heir, Anne’s daughter, Elizabeth, will lose her claim to the throne. Traveling the streets of London in the guise of a commoner, with the help of a prostitute who becomes a trusted friend (and perhaps something more), Anne soon realizes how little she knew about life in the real world.<br /> A fantastical journey through the wilds of England and Tudor history, filled with danger and magic and steeped in Arthurian legend, <i>The Beheading Game</i> is a prescient reminder that “mouthy” women have always been punished. Now, thanks to debut novelist Rebecca Lehmann, nearly five hundred years after Anne Boleyn’s death, one of history’s most maligned women finally has the chance to tell her story. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-03-27 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1fbb67bc-1150-4917-bdf3-9a5c4b9aad78&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1fbb67bc-1150-4917-bdf3-9a5c4b9aad78&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)