The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Name: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Rating: 4.14 (77551 reviews)

by Alison Weir

First published 1991

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This collective biography places Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr within the political and religious transformation of Henry VIII’s reign. It examines their families, education, marriages, households and surviving evidence while separating later legend from contemporary record. Read together, the six lives reveal how the search for an heir and the king’s changing affections reshaped the succession, the church and the English court.

Historical Periods

Reign of Henry VIII1509–1547 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Henry VIII1491–1547 Catherine of Aragon1485–1536 Anne Boleyn1501–1536 Jane Seymour1508–1537 Anne of Cleves1515–1557 Catherine Howard1523–1542 Catherine Parr1512–1548