ISBN: 9780060005504

â??Extraordinary. . . . It is a tribute to Starkeyâ??s narrative drive, his puckish wit, and sharp discrimination that it doesnâ??t seem a page too long. . . . With each queen, Starkey of… Meer...

â??Extraordinary. . . . It is a tribute to Starkeyâ??s narrative drive, his puckish wit, and sharp discrimination that it doesnâ??t seem a page too long. . . . With each queen, Starkey offers a vivid character study but also has fresh discoveries that subtly alter the picture he started out with." â?? Sunday Times (London)The dramatic, legendary story of Henry VIII, his six wives, and the England they ruledâ??told by one of the worldâ??s preeminent historians of the Tudor era. Perhaps no one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. His marriages were tumultuous and complicated, and made instant legends of six very different women. Henry took his first bride, Catherine of Aragon, when he was 17. Their 24-year marriage was a relatively stable prelude to what followed. Anne Boleyn, a pretty, French-educated Protestant who was the mother of Elizabeth I, was eventually beheaded. Jane Seymour served as a demure contrast to the vampish Boleyn, and gave birth to Henryâ??s longed-for son (Edward VI). After a brief marriage to the plain Anne of Cleves, Henry married a flirtatious teenager, Catherine Howard, who would be the second of his brides to lose her head along with the kingâ??s favor. Finally, there was Catherine Parr, a shrewd Protestant bluestocking. In this brilliant new work, one of the worldâ??s most respected historians weaves startling new facts and fresh interpretations into a spellbinding account of the emotional drama and political intrigue that attended Henryâ??s six marriages. With a keen eye for both the personal and the global stage, David Starkey masterfully recaptures the Tudor eraâ??and the wives of Henry VIIIâ??as only he can. | Six Wives by David Starkey Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Biography & Memoirs > History & Politics P10101, David Starkey<

ISBN: 9780060005504

Few people in history have had as eventful a matrimonial career as Englandâ??s King Henry VIII. To pursue his romantic ambitions, he broke with Catholicism, created the Church of England,… Meer...

Few people in history have had as eventful a matrimonial career as Englandâ??s King Henry VIII. To pursue his romantic ambitions, he broke with Catholicism, created the Church of England, and was not above beheading those wives who fell from favor. Henry dreamed of a son who would succeed him as king, but in the end it was Elizabeth, daughter of the disgraced Anne Boleyn, who inherited the throne and became one of Englandâ??s greatest monarchs. In Six Wives, award-winning historian David Starkey draws on newly discovered facts to create a fresh new interpretation of the emotional drama and political intrigue surrounding Henryâ??s six marriages. Starkey expertly recreates the Tudor era â?? and the wives of Henry VIII â?? in this captivating tale. David Starkey is the Bye Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the author of Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne. A winner of the W. H. Smith Prize and the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History, he lives in London. â??â?¦ Starkeyâ??s is the best study of Henryâ??s wives ever published." â?? Evening Standard | Six Wives by David Starkey Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Biography & Memoirs > History & Politics P10101, David Starkey<

ISBN: 9780060005504

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ISBN: 9780060005504

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