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Jeremy Dunn @jeremydunn.bsky.social

For some reason I always thought that Henry imported the French specialist because a queen deserved special treatment. Today is not wasted, I learned something new.

aug 20, 2025, 5:44 am • 0 0

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social

She asked the executioner if the blade was sharp. He replied with something like, "Very sharp, my lady." She was terrified of being beheaded, and especially terrified that it would be agony.

aug 20, 2025, 7:42 am • 0 0 • view
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Mourn the Weenie @m0urn-the-weenie.bsky.social

Did knowing that the blade was indeed very sharp calm her down?

aug 20, 2025, 10:04 am • 0 0 • view
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Mourn the Weenie @m0urn-the-weenie.bsky.social

(What a question to ask about a woman who didn't want to be Henry's queen, didn't want to die, and who was innocent of all charges against her -- guilty only because she couldn't bear Henry a son.)

aug 20, 2025, 10:07 am • 0 0 • view
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bo...

aug 20, 2025, 6:43 pm • 0 0 • view