Anne de Bueil

Role: mother of John Francis de Winter · First appears: Chapter 32

Life events

Anne de Bueil was believed to have caused Buckingham's murder.(Chapter32)
- With: Buckingham
- “‘before leaving England she had, it was believed, caused the favorite of the king to be murdered.’ ‘Buckingham?’ cried the monk. ‘Yes, Buckingham.’”
The executioner names Anne de Bueil as the woman he killed.(Chapter32)
- With: the executioner
- “‘Anne de Bueil,’ murmured the wounded man.”
John Francis de Winter reveals that Anne de Bueil was his mother.(Chapter32)
- With: John Francis de Winter
- “Was my mother!”

with Buckingham (Anne de Bueil was believed to have caused Buckingham's murder.) “It was said that she had poisoned her second husband; she had tried to assassinate her brother-in-law; she had just poisoned a young woman who was her rival, and before leaving England she had, it was believed, caused the favorite of the king to be murdered.” “Buckingham?” cried the monk. “Yes, Buckingham.”
child: John Francis de Winter (John Francis de Winter identifies Anne de Bueil as his mother.) “‘Anne de Bueil,’ murmured the wounded man. ‘Anne de Bueil!’ cried the monk, standing up and lifting his hands to Heaven. ‘Anne de Bueil! You said Anne de Bueil, did you not?’ ‘Yes, yes, that was her name; and now absolve me, for I am dying.’ ‘I, absolve you!’ cried the priest, with a laugh which made the dying man’s hair stand on end; ‘I, absolve you? I am not a priest.’ ‘You are not a priest!’ cried the executioner. ‘What, then, are you?’ ‘I am about to tell you, wretched man.’ ‘Oh, mon Dieu!’ ‘I am John Francis de Winter.’ ‘I do not know you,’ said the executioner. ‘Wait, wait; you are going to know me. I am John Francis de Winter,’ he repeated, ‘and that woman——’ ‘Well, that woman?’ ‘Was my mother!’”

Extracted from the original text of Twenty Years After. Made with Rho MD.