The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards - Brossura

Philippa Jones

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ISBN 10: 1847734294 ISBN 13: 9781847734297

Casa editrice: New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

Everybody thinks they know the tale of King Henry VIII's wives: divorced, beheaded died; divorced, beheaded, survived. But behind this familiar story, lies a far more complex truth. This book brings together for the first time the 'other women' of King Henry VIII. When he first came to the throne, Henry VIII's mistresses were dalliances, the playthings of a powerful and handsome man. However, when Anne Boleyn disrupted that pattern, ousting Katherine of Aragon to become Henry's wife, a new status quo was established. Suddenly noble families fought to entangle the king with their sisters and daughters; if wives were to be beheaded or divorced so easily, the mistress of the king was in an enviable position. While Henry VIII has frequently been portrayed as a womanizer, author Philippa Jones reveals a new side to his character. Although he was never faithful, Jones sees him as a serial monogamist: he spent his life in search of a perfect woman, a search that continued even as he lay dying when he was considering divorcing Catherine Parr thus leaving him free to marry Katherine d'Eresby. Yet he loved each of his wives and mistresses, he was a romantic who loved being in love, but none of these loves ever fully satisfied him; all were ultimately replaced. "The Other Tudors" examines the extraordinary untold tales of the women who Henry loved but never married, the mistresses who became queens and of his many children, both acknowledged and unacknowledged. Philippa Jones takes us deep into the web of secrets and deception at the Tudor Court and explores another, often unmentioned, side to the King's character.

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Recensione

Philippa Jones sheds new light on a side of Henry's life rarely touched on in such detail before, in a book packed with facts. --Sunday Express

'a highly readable account' --historydirect.co.uk

'a magnificently researched work, dense with genealogical detail, which comes from an original angle to examine a complicated network of influences; familial, political and religious, that shaped not just Henry's reign, but those of his children' --Ancestors

'a fascinating look at the Tudor court' --The Good Book Guide

L'autore

Philippa Jones was born in 1950 and educated at Fairfield Grammar School and Cambridge University where she read Egyptology. She worked at Bristol's Museum and University. She has published many books and articles; her latest book, Satan's Kingdom: Bristol and the Transatlantic Slave Trade was published in March 2007.

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• Editore: New Holland Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847734294
• ISBN 13: 9781847734297
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336