The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII: The Women's Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1445660393 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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darleen klepeis said A very good read!. A good book reseached well and written well. An interesting look at the lives of the women who became involved with henry the 8th from their point of view . One of the best on his life and his wives and I have read many of these books.. Four Stars BJM Well written.. Highly readable account of Henry VIII’s love life, his wives & mistresses. Sylwia S. Zupanec This new book by Amy Licence shows Henry VIII in an entirely different light. For years historians had tried to tell us that Henry was a prude and had only two, maybe three mistresses. That’s not what primary sources tell us, however. By piecing together sources from various stages of Henry VIII’s life, Amy Licence gives us a highly readable accoun
Henry VIII?. How did they take the leap from courtier, to lover, to wife? What was Henry really like as a lover? Henry’s women were uniquely placed to experience the tension between his chivalric ideals and the lusts of the handsome, tall, athletic king; his first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, was on one level a fairy-tale romance, but his affairs with Anne Stafford, Elizabeth Carew, and Jane Popincourt undermined it early on. What was it really like to be Mrs. After their passionate marriage turned sour, the king rapidly remarried to Jane Seymour. For a King renowned for his love life, Henry VIII has traditionally been depicted as something of a prude, but the story may have been different for the women who shared his bed. Typical of his time, Henry did not see that casual liaisons might threaten his marriage, until he met the one woman who held him at arm’s length. The arrival of Anne Boleyn changed everything. Her seductive eyes helped rewrite history. Henry was a man of great appetites, ready to move heaven and earth for a woman he desired; Licence readdresses the experiences of his wives and mistresses in this frank, modern take on the affairs of his heart. Later, his more established mistresses, Bessie Blount and Mary Boleyn, risked their good names by bearing him illegitimate children
By the author of In Bed with the Tudors: 'What really went on in Henry VIII's bedroom' The Daily Express
She has written for the Guardian, TLS, BBC History Magazine, and has appeared on BBC radio and television.. Amy Licence is the author of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville and Cecily Neville: Mother of Kings