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The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII

- The Women's Stories
Af: Amy Licence Engelsk Paperback

The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII

- The Women's Stories
Af: Amy Licence Engelsk Paperback
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For a King renowned for his love life, Henry VIII has traditionally been depicted as something of a prude, but the story may have been different for the women who shared his bed. How did they take the leap from courtier to lover – perhaps even to wife? What was Henry really like as a lover?Henry’s women were uniquely placed to experience the tension between his chivalric ideals and the lusts of the handsome, tall, athletic king; his first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, was on one level a fairytale romance, but his affairs with Anne Stafford, Elizabeth Carew and Jane Popincourt undermined it early on. Later, his more established mistresses, Bessie Blount and Mary Boleyn, risked their good names by bearing him illegitimate children. Typical of his time, Henry did not see that casual liaisons might threaten his marriage, until he met the one woman who held him at arm’s length. The arrival of Anne Boleyn changed everything. Her seductive eyes helped rewrite history. After their passionate marriage turned sour, the king rapidly remarried to Jane Seymour.Henry was a man of great appetites, ready to move heaven and earth for a woman he desired; Licence readdresses the experiences of his wives and mistresses in this frank, modern take on the affairs of his heart. What was it really like to be Mrs Henry VIII?
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For a King renowned for his love life, Henry VIII has traditionally been depicted as something of a prude, but the story may have been different for the women who shared his bed. How did they take the leap from courtier to lover – perhaps even to wife? What was Henry really like as a lover?Henry’s women were uniquely placed to experience the tension between his chivalric ideals and the lusts of the handsome, tall, athletic king; his first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, was on one level a fairytale romance, but his affairs with Anne Stafford, Elizabeth Carew and Jane Popincourt undermined it early on. Later, his more established mistresses, Bessie Blount and Mary Boleyn, risked their good names by bearing him illegitimate children. Typical of his time, Henry did not see that casual liaisons might threaten his marriage, until he met the one woman who held him at arm’s length. The arrival of Anne Boleyn changed everything. Her seductive eyes helped rewrite history. After their passionate marriage turned sour, the king rapidly remarried to Jane Seymour.Henry was a man of great appetites, ready to move heaven and earth for a woman he desired; Licence readdresses the experiences of his wives and mistresses in this frank, modern take on the affairs of his heart. What was it really like to be Mrs Henry VIII?
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9781445660394
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1445660393
Udg. Dato: 15 apr 2017
Længde: 26mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 131mm
Forlag: Amberley Publishing
Oplagsdato: 15 apr 2017
Forfatter(e): Amy Licence
Forfatter(e) Amy Licence


Kategori Europæisk historie


ISBN-13 9781445660394


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 384


Udgave


Længde 26mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 131mm


Udg. Dato 15 apr 2017


Oplagsdato 15 apr 2017


Forlag Amberley Publishing

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