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Licence Amy - The Six Wives & Many Mistresses Of Henry Viii The Women's Stories - Paperback
Licence Amy - The Six Wives & Many Mistresses Of Henry Viii The Women's Stories - Paperback
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Description: 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?
Title: The Six Wives & Many Mistresses Of Henry Viii The Women's Stories
Author(s): Licence Amy
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Barcode: 9781445660394
Pages: 384 Pages, 16 Plates, Color
Publication Date: 4/15/2017
Category: Early Modern History: C 1450/1500 To C 1700
Description: 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?
Title: The Six Wives & Many Mistresses Of Henry Viii The Women's Stories
Author(s): Licence Amy
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Barcode: 9781445660394
Pages: 384 Pages, 16 Plates, Color
Publication Date: 4/15/2017
Category: Early Modern History: C 1450/1500 To C 1700
