'SIX WIVES : '' THE QUEENS OF HENRY VIII '' :' - Hardcover

Starkey, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701172983 ISBN 13: 9780701172985

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 2003

Synopsis

Physical description; 852 p., [16] p. of col. plates ; 25 cm. Subjects; Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547 - Marriage. Catharine of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England 1485-1536. Anne Boleyn Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England 1507-1536. Jane Seymour Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England 1509?-1537. Anne of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England 1515-1557. Catharine Howard Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England d. 1542. Catharine Parr Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England 1512-1548.

About this title

About the Author:

David Starkey is the Bye Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and winner of the W. H. Smith Prize and the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History presented by Britain's Historical Association. He is best known for writing and presenting the groundbreaking and hugely popular series Elizabeth and The Six Wives of Henry VIII. He lives in London.

From AudioFile:

Intrigue. False piety. Self-serving legalism. Backstabbing (figurative). Beheadings (literal). David Starkey's history of Henry's wives (and their husband, children, allies, and enemies) chronicles their struggles for power and survival. The means to their ends, more often than not, were machination and connivance. Patricia Hodge relates this account in a knowing tone that seems to say, "Try as they might to put a decent face on things, we know better, don't we, my dear?" We are entertained. A minor criticism: Hodge's "foreign" accents, applied to the words of non-English characters, are cartoonish and an unnecessary distraction. Unnecessary because there's no dialogue here--no true conversation between characters-- and because all quotes are attributed. T.J.W. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0701172983
• ISBN 13: 9780701172985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 852