Six complex, vital characters step out from behind the familiar portraits with such startling, almost contemporary vividness that the Tudor court seems doubly barbaric by contrastĪn intoxicating mixture of sex, sentiment and court intrigue lovingly thorough approach to such rich material has resulted in a book of high drama.
Fraser must be commended for lengthy and arduous research and the production of another substantial history to please her many fans This is one of the best popular histories I have read in years, full of spice and anecdotes of the Tudor Courtįulfils the promise of the title: it is solid biography. emerge from this supremely readable and ably researched biographical survey not simply as appendages to their husband, but as intriguing individuals in their own right Yet for all the black humour, we are never allowed to forget that the story takes place against a backdrop of judicial murder, torture and religious. Henry VIII's matrimonial history is full of high farce, and Antonia Fraser is adept at exploiting her subject's comic possibilities. Show Less Product Detailsįraser's book is lively, enjoyable and. The story Antonia Fraser tells is romantic and cruel, funny and sad, dramatic and enthralling. Read more was jealousy too- the desperate jealousy of the King who discovered himself betrayed. Inevitably there was great rivalry between them, and there. On the contrary, they displayed considerable strength and intelligence at a time when their sex supposedly possessed little of either. They may have been victims of Henry's obsession with a male heir, but they were not willing victims. But, as Antonia Fraser conclusively proves, they were rich and feisty characters. The six wives of Henry VIII- Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and catherine Parr- have become defined in popular sense not so much by their lives but by the the way their lives ended. Category: (G) General (US: Trade) (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBKE BGH HBJD1 HBLH. Antonia Fraser's bestselling biography of Henry VIII's six wives a subject of enduring fascination. Genre Biography.Description for SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII * Paperback. Monarchs Interpersonal relationships With Wives. Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography. Great Britain History Henry VIII, (1509-1547) Biography. Marriages of royalty and nobility Great Britain History 16th century. Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547) Marriage. Subjects Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547). Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved.
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