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The Six Wives of Henry VIII |
Author: Alison Weir
Published: 1991-01-10 |
List price: $16.95
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Customer comments on this selection.
 excellent book!
This book was not only entertaining, but extremely educational as well. The author does an absolutely brilliant job of pulling the reader in and making one feel as though they personally know each character and are right there as the past unfolds. I highly recommend this book!
Fantastic Work..
Very illustrative and insightful. I am looking forward to reading Weir's Life of Elizabeth I that I just ordered today.
Well worth reading!
Excellent account of the times. Makes you appreciate the often precarious positions these vulnerable and ambitious women were in!
Wouldn't Want to Be Them!
I found this book enlightening, easy-to-read, and quick to finish. It starts off with Henry as quite the affable young man, and even handsome. He is a catch for any lady, especially Princess Catherine, his first wife, but all of that changes as the years progress and he becomes more and more paranoid. In fact, as the book went on I found myself wondering why no one ever tried to assassinate him. He was a threat to powerful nobles, to his wives, to former friends... I felt terribly sorry for all of his wives, but especially Catherine.
 Very hard to read
If you are a fan of Philippa Gregory, like myself, and you relish in the scandals and dramatics of King Henry VIII's Court, this may not be the book for you. This reads a lot more like a history textbook. Not exactly salacious or trashy. Just provides a lot of background and facts about this period of time. I just couldn't stay engrossed. I guess I need the fictionalized version, no matter how accurate it may be. Not exactly a short casual read by any means.
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