num_pages: 642
description: 16th Century court politics and intrigue through the eyes of six of the most important women of their time.One of the most powerful monarchs in British history, Henry VIII ruled England in unprecedented splendour. In this remarkable composite biography, Alison Weir brings Henry’s six wives vividly to life, revealing each as a distinct and compelling personality in her own right. Drawing upon the rich fund of documentary material from the Tudor period, The Six Wives of Henry VIII shows us a court where personal needs frequently influenced public events and where a life of gorgeously ritualized pleasure was shot through with ambition, treason and violence.
language: English
title: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
titlecomplete: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
characters: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Catherine Howard, Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Catherine Parr, Thomas Cromwell, Jane Seymour, Catherine of Aragon, Francis I of France, Henry VIII of England, Anne Boleyn, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Jane Boleyn, George Boleyn, Anne of Cleves
genres: Historical, Audiobook, History, Biography, Biography Memoir, Tudor Period, European History, Nonfiction, 16th Century, British Literature
ratings_count: 68966
publisher: PIMLICO