Six Wives
by:
David Starkey (author)
The six-week New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII--from an acclaimed biographer. "Admirably succeed(s) in bringing to life the six women who married England's ruler. . . ."--New York Times Book Review. 16 color plates. 32 pages of illustrations.
The six-week New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII--from an acclaimed biographer. "Admirably succeed(s) in bringing to life the six women who married England's ruler. . . ."--New York Times Book Review. 16 color plates. 32 pages of illustrations.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780061842160 (0061842168)
Publish date: October 13th 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 880
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Biography Memoir,
Womens,
European History,
World History,
16th Century
I despise this man. I cannot imagine what it must have been like to be in his court.
This book was really everything I look for in a non-fiction book about history. It was so engagingly written that it could have been non-fiction, but sources were all cited and deviations from accepted wisdom among Henry VIII scholars were mentioned. The story was presented chronologically, with a f...
Didn't contain any new info or insights.
At times this was a biography that was so burdened down with details and extrapolations that I kept getting bogged down. Still -- don't let that stop you! Considering how much myth, mistruth, and outright fabrications there are about the Tudors these days, this is still one of the better biographies...
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