Robin Maxwell is a bestselling author historical fiction including The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, The Queen's Bastard, Virgin: Prelude to the Throne, The Wild Irish: A Novel of Elizabeth I and the Pirate O'Malley, and Two the Tower Born: A Novel of the Lost Princes. Her recently published novel, Madameoiselle Boleyn, follows young Anne Boleyn to the court of the French king, a period in her life that shaped her ambitions and destiny. Robin Maxwell lives in the high desert of California with her husband, Max, and her avian muses, Mr. Grey and Cookie. She can be reached on the web at www.robinmaxwell.com.

Blog Entries by Robin Maxwell

I'll be at Home for the End of the World

10 Comments | Posted October 26, 2008 | 09:44 PM (EST)


You know how we Democrats are always accusing the Republicans of using inane ploys like Bill Ayers and lipstick on pigs to distract voters from the "really important issues?" Well, here's a newsflash, guys: the Masters of the Universe are using the 2008 presidential election as a distraction, to deflect...

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Just Call Them Republicans

Posted September 19, 2008 | 12:30 PM (EST)


If you're like me, you're waking up every morning praying to whatever higher power you believe in that the Democrats will suddenly grow a large pair of cajones and rip the GOP a new one.

The 2008 battle for the White House, one that will literally determine the fate of...

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Old Jews, Young Jews, Red Jews, Blue Jews

Posted September 9, 2008 | 04:47 PM (EST)


Please, shake me and tell me I'm dreaming! It can't possibly be true - the People of the Holocaust, the most persecuted group in the history of the world are refusing to vote for a man because he's black?

The first I learned of this travesty was just...

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The Swiftboating of Anne Boleyn

Posted May 9, 2008 | 12:37 PM (EST)


Let me say this up front: Anne Boleyn was no angel. From her tenderest years she was weaned on scandal and intrigue, schooled in Machiavellian politics, and came of age in the licentious court of Francois I. Unlike her sweet, malleable sister Mary, Anne -- the Boleyn girl who really...

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MoveOn... and Keep Movin' Right Outta My Life

Posted February 12, 2008 | 03:51 PM (EST)


Oh, that it has come to this! I'm infuriated at a dot org. Wish to be unsubscribed from their mailing list.

At MoveOn.org's thoughtful suggestion, I have signed countless petitions, called the offices of my state and federal representatives and manned the phones at a "house party"...

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Hillary Boleyn: Has Anything Changed in Half a Millennium?

Posted January 30, 2008 | 02:54 PM (EST)


As a writer of historical fiction, spending half my time in the present and half in the sixteenth century affords me an excellent platform for comparing two of my favorite female titans -- Anne Boleyn and her twenty-first century counterpart, Hillary Clinton.

Of course, the most obvious connection that...

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