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• catalog abstract ""What makes a man marry six times? Was Henry VIII a voracious philanderer? On the contrary, says David Starkey, the King was seeking happiness - as well as hoping for a son." "The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Spanish Catholic who suffered years of miscarriages and failed to produce a male heir. The only one of his wives to be royal by birth, she was married to him the longest. As Catherine's looks faded, Henry fell passionately in love with the pretty, French-educated 'Protestant', Anne Boleyn. Their six-year courtship and three-year marriage transformed England for ever. Jane Seymour's Catholic orthodoxy and demure submissiveness were in deliberate contrast to Anne's radical and vampish style - and Henry married her on the day of Anne's execution. Jane died soon after giving birth to the longed-for son. There followed a farcical 'beauty contest' which ended in the short marriage of the now grossly over-weight Henry to the 'mare of Flanders, ' Ann of Cleves. The final part of Six Wives contrasts the two Catherines - Catherine Howard, the flirtatious teenager whose adulteries made a fool of the ageing King, and Catherine Parr, the shrewd, religiously radical bluestocking who outlived him." "In this study, David Starkey draws on the letters, artefacts and documents of the period, together with the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy and private religion, to give a richly textured picture of daily life at the Tudor Court from the woman's point of view. Above all, he establishes the interaction of the private and the public, and demonstrates how the Queens of Henry VIII were central in determining political policy."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12922108.
• catalog coverage "Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Biography.".
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description ""What makes a man marry six times? Was Henry VIII a voracious philanderer? On the contrary, says David Starkey, the King was seeking happiness - as well as hoping for a son." "The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Spanish Catholic who suffered years of miscarriages and failed to produce a male heir. The only one of his wives to be royal by birth, she was married to him the longest. As Catherine's looks faded, Henry fell passionately in love with the pretty, French-educated 'Protestant', Anne Boleyn. Their six-year courtship and three-year marriage transformed England for ever. Jane Seymour's Catholic orthodoxy and demure submissiveness were in deliberate contrast to Anne's radical and vampish style - and Henry married her on the day of Anne's execution. Jane died soon after giving birth to the longed-for son. There followed a farcical 'beauty contest' which ended in the short marriage of the now grossly over-weight Henry to the 'mare of Flanders, ' Ann of Cleves. The final part of Six Wives contrasts the two Catherines - Catherine Howard, the flirtatious teenager whose adulteries made a fool of the ageing King, and Catherine Parr, the shrewd, religiously radical bluestocking who outlived him." "In this study, David Starkey draws on the letters, artefacts and documents of the period, together with the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy and private religion, to give a richly textured picture of daily life at the Tudor Court from the woman's point of view. Above all, he establishes the interaction of the private and the public, and demonstrates how the Queens of Henry VIII were central in determining political policy."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Henry's Weddings -- pt. 1. Queen Catherine of Aragon -- pt. 2. Rival Queens -- Divorcing Catherine -- Anne Boleyn -- Jane Seymour -- pt. 3. Later Queens -- Anne of Cleves -- Catherine Howard -- Catherine Parr.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [766]-818) and index.".
• catalog extent "xxvii, 852 p., [16] p. of plates :".
• catalog hasFormat "Six wives : the queens of Henry VIII.".
• catalog identifier "0701172983".
• catalog isFormatOf "Six wives : the queens of Henry VIII.".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "London : Chatto & Windus,".
• catalog relation "Six wives : the queens of Henry VIII.".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Biography.".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain".
• catalog subject "942.05/2/0922 B 21".
• catalog subject "DA333.A2 S73 2003".
• catalog subject "Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 Marriage.".
• catalog subject "Marriages of royalty and nobility Great Britain History 16th century.".
• catalog subject "Queens Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Henry's Weddings -- pt. 1. Queen Catherine of Aragon -- pt. 2. Rival Queens -- Divorcing Catherine -- Anne Boleyn -- Jane Seymour -- pt. 3. Later Queens -- Anne of Cleves -- Catherine Howard -- Catherine Parr.".
• catalog title "Six wives : the queens of Henry VIII / David Starkey.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".