A Nun with a Book, and more on Anne Boleyn

The Concubine by Norah Lofts published 1963 Following on from this post earlier in the week: Anne Boleyn's Imaginary Stepmother (low class and scandalous) - This is the book that set me off in pursuit of Anne Boleyn’s lost stepmother. I read it because of a post I did on childhood reading, and whether children should read whatever they like. Childhood reading and intellectual freedom Here is part of a comment by blogfriend CLM/Constance: A nun, who was the librarian at my school when I was 12, was pleased to hear I liked historical fiction and found me The Concubine by Norah Lofts. I liked this very much but was afraid concubine was a bad word so hid it successfully at home (I guess it didn't occur to me that a nun was unlikely to give me something I'd be forbidden to read). Several of us were intrigued by all of this: a nun giving out a book with that title? would our mothers have approved?- and in my case, why had I never heard of this one? I loved historical novels, and read…