description: This text aims to show that the six wives of Henry VIII were not willing victims of Henry's obsession with a male heir, but instead were women of spirit and defiance. Each woman is dealt with in turn, with sympathy for having had the unenviable fate of being a wife of Henry VIII.
language: English
title: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
titlecomplete: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
characters: Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard, Henry VIII of England, Catherine Parr, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves
genres: British Literature, Historical, History, Tudor Period, European History, Biography Memoir, Biography, 16th Century, Nonfiction, Womens
ratings_count: 18521
places: England
publisher: Orion Publishing Co