Six Wives. The Queens of Henry VIII

London: Chatto & Windus. Paperback. Six Wives. The Queens of Henry VIII. Heavy book. Overseas orders will have to pay extra postage. Divorced, Beheaded, Died....Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. In this dazzling study, the author draws on the letters, artefacts and documents of the period, together with the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy and private religion, to give a richly textured picture of daily life at the Tudor Court from the woman's point of view. Above all, he establishes the interaction of the private and the public, and demonstrates how the Queens of Henry VIII were central in determining political policy. Illustrated. 852 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Very Good. Paperback. 1st Paperback Edition. 2003.