1 item successfully added to your wishlist

0 items successfully added to your cart

There was a problem adding to your cart. Please try again.

Skip to content
product gallery

The Beheading Game

by Rebecca Lehmann

Anne Boleyn returns from the dead to seek justice in this compelling, entertaining and original novel

Disgraced. Beheaded. Revived . . .

When Anne Boleyn wakes up after her execution she finds she is not yet ready for death. She has unfinished business with the king who had her murdered and is determined to secure her daughter, Elizabeth's, future. Discarded by Henry for failing to produce a male heir, reviled by the court for being too smart for her own good and beheaded on trumped-up charges, Anne has one last chance to turn her fate around. She escapes the tower, sews her head back on, and sets out on a quest for justice.

But Anne's path will not run smoothly as she encounters the dangers of London and the countryside, and rumours start to swirl about sightings of her ghost. Luckily for her, she will find help from a chance meeting with fenlander Alice, who offers her the possibility of a different future.

The Beheading Game takes you into the heart and mind of one of the most talked-about women of all time and finally gives her the chance to tell her side of the story.

'Magic, romance, revenge, and an utterly irresistible heroine - this book is an instant classic' Lev Grossman, author of The Bright Sword
'Fabulous! A marvelously inventive and mythic reworking of the story of Anne Boleyn. I loved it' Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love
READ MORE

pre-order available

Please note: Pre-order and on order items will ship as soon as they arrive in store.

Pages:

336

Published:

Mar 2026

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Imprint

Harvill Secker

ISBN:

9781787305694

Anne Boleyn returns from the dead to seek justice in this compelling, entertaining and original novel

Disgraced. Beheaded. Revived . . .

When Anne Boleyn wakes up after her execution she finds she is not yet ready for death. She has unfinished business with the king who had her murdered and is determined to secure her daughter, Elizabeth's, future. Discarded by Henry for failing to produce a male heir, reviled by the court for being too smart for her own good and beheaded on trumped-up charges, Anne has one last chance to turn her fate around. She escapes the tower, sews her head back on, and sets out on a quest for justice.

But Anne's path will not run smoothly as she encounters the dangers of London and the countryside, and rumours start to swirl about sightings of her ghost. Luckily for her, she will find help from a chance meeting with fenlander Alice, who offers her the possibility of a different future.

The Beheading Game takes you into the heart and mind of one of the most talked-about women of all time and finally gives her the chance to tell her side of the story.



'Magic, romance, revenge, and an utterly irresistible heroine - this book is an instant classic' Lev Grossman, author of The Bright Sword

'Fabulous! A marvelously inventive and mythic reworking of the story of Anne Boleyn. I loved it' Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love
$38.00
Add to wishlist
You might also like

You might also like

View all fiction