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The Wives of Henry VIII

By Antonia Fraser

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year
2014
ISBN
9780804152617, 067973001X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
16 MB (16411306 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2025-04-08 13:58:40

Description

The New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII—from the acclaimed author of  Marie Antoinette.  Under Antonia Fraser's intent scrutiny, Catherine of Aragon emerges as a scholar-queen who steadfastly refused to grant a divorce to her royal husband; Anne Boleyn is absolved of everything but a sharp tongue and an inability to produce a male heir; and Catherine Parr is revealed as a religious reformer with the good sense to tack with the treacherous winds of the Tudor court.  And we gain fresh understanding of Jane Seymour's circumspect wisdom, the touching dignity of Anna of Cleves, and the youthful naivete that led to Katherine Howard's fatal indiscretions.  The Wives of Henry VIII interweaves passion and power, personality and politics, into a superb work of history.

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