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Six wives : the queens of Henry VIII / David Starkey.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Starkey, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547--Marriage.
- Henry.
- Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536.
- Catherine.
- Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536.
- Anne Boleyn.
- Jane Seymour, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509?-1537.
- Jane Seymour.
- Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557.
- Anne.
- Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542.
- Catherine Howard.
- Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548.
- Catharine Parr.
- Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Marriages of royalty and nobility--Great Britain--History--16th century.
- Marriages of royalty and nobility.
- Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
- Queens.
- Great Britain--Queens--Biography.
- Kings, queens, rulers, etc--Great Britain--Biography.
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Queens--Biography.
- Marriage.
- Local Subjects:
- Great Britain--Queens--Biography.
- Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 852 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2003]
- Summary:
- Profiles the six marriages of King Henry VIII against the political drama of the Tudor era, tracing his twenty-four-year first marriage to Catherine of Aragon and subsequent whirlwind decade of new brides.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Henry's weddings
- I. Queen Catherine of Aragon
- II. Rival queens
- Divorcing Catherine
- Anne Boleyn
- Jane Seymour
- III. Later queens
- Conversation
- Anne of Cleves
- Catherine Howard
- Catherine Parr.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 766-818) and index.
- ISBN:
- 069401043X
- 9780694010431
- 0060005505
- 9780060005504
- OCLC:
- 52517075
- Online:
- Publisher description
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