Katherine of Aragon emerges as a staunch though misguided woman of principle Anne Boleyn, an ambitious adventuress with a penchant for vengeance Jane Seymour, a strong-minded matriarch in the making Anne of Cleves, a good-natured woman who jumped at the chance of independence Katherine Howard, an empty-headed wanton and Katherine Parr, a warm-blooded bluestocking who survived King Henry to marry a fourth time.”
But in this “exquisite treatment, sure to become a classic” ( Booklist), they take on more fully realized flesh and blood than ever before. Then, not too long ago, had a sale on a variety of non-fiction titles and this book was on the list, so I gladly bought it because I am able to listen to audiobooks at work.įrom : “Either annulled, executed, died in childbirth, or widowed, these were the well-known fates of the six queens during the tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England from 1509 to 1547. I recently read Weir’s soon-to-be released historical fiction novel about Katherine Parr, Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife ( read my review of that book here) so I was primed to read more and find out the real story of Henry and his many wives. In fact, I had given up hopes of reading it and put it and several other books about Tudor England in the donate pile. The Six Wives of Henry VIII is a book I’ve had in my possession for more than 20 years but never read.
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