Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses & Bastards

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Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1607652374
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (76 download)

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Book Synopsis Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses & Bastards by : Philippa Jones

Download or read book Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses & Bastards written by Philippa Jones and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget everything you thought you knew about Henry the Eighth. 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. 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. 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.

The Other Tudors

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Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1607657678
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (76 download)

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Book Synopsis The Other Tudors by : Philippa Jones

Download or read book The Other Tudors written by Philippa Jones and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly readable account of a sensational subject. Sheds new light on a rarely examined side of Henry III's life. Meticulously researched. Rich genealogical detail helps readers find their way around Henry's court. Must-have book for Tudor fans.

The Mistresses of Henry VIII

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Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752462512
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mistresses of Henry VIII by : Kelly Hart

Download or read book The Mistresses of Henry VIII written by Kelly Hart and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-12-26 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Henry VIII was 'a youngling, he cares for nothing but girls and hunting.' Over the years, this didn't change much. Henry was considered a demi-god by his subjects, so each woman he chose was someone who had managed to stand out in a crowd of stunning ladies. Looking good was not enough (indeed, many of Henry's lovers were considered unattractive); she had to have something extra special to keep the king's interest. And Henry's women were every bit as intriguing as the man himself. In this book, Henry's mistresses are rescued from obscurity. The sixteenth century was a time of profound changes in religion and society across Europe – and some of Henry's lovers were at the forefront of influencing these events. Kelly Hart gives an excellent insight into the love life of our most popular king, and the twelve women who knew the man behind the mask.

Bessie Blount

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Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445608022
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Book Synopsis Bessie Blount by : Elizabeth Norton

Download or read book Bessie Blount written by Elizabeth Norton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful, young, exuberant, the amazing life of Henry VIII's mistress and mother to his first son who came tantalizingly close to succeeding him as King Henry IX.

The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416560602
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In) by : Philippa Gregory

Download or read book The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In) written by Philippa Gregory and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress, in which role she bears him an illegitimate son, and then Anne as his wife. Reprint. 250,000 first printing. (A Columbia Pictures film, written by Peter Morgan, directed by Justin Chadwick, releasing Fall 2007, starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, and others) (Historical Fiction)

Henry VIII's Children

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Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399095897
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Book Synopsis Henry VIII's Children by : Caroline Angus

Download or read book Henry VIII's Children written by Caroline Angus and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the five Tudor monarchs, only one was ever born to rule. While much of King Henry VIII’s reign is centered on his reckless marriage choices, it was the foundations laid by Henry and Queen Katherine of Aragon that shaped the future of the crown. Among the suffering of five lost heirs, the royal couple placed all their hopes in the surviving Princess Mary. Her early life weaves a tale of promise, diplomacy, and pageantry never again seen in King Henry’s life, but a deep-rooted desire for a son, a legacy of his own scattered childhood, pushed Henry VIII to smother Mary’s chance to rule. An affair soon produced an unlikely heir in Henry Fitzroy, and while one child was pure royalty, the other illegitimate, the comparison of their childhoods would show a race to throne closer than many wished to admit. King Henry’s cruelty saw his heirs’ fates pivot as wives came and went, and the birth Princess Elizabeth, saw long-term plans upended for short-term desires. With the death of one heir hidden from view, the birth of Prince Edward finally gave the realm an heir born to rule, but King Henry’s personal desires and paranoia left his heirs facing constant uncertainty for another decade until his death. Behind the narrative of Henry VIII’s wives, wars, reformation and ruthlessness, there were children, living lives of education among people who cared for them, surrounded by items in generous locations which symbolized their place in their father’s heart. They faced excitement, struggles, and isolation which would shape their own reigns. From the heights of a surviving princess destined and decreed to influence Europe, to illegitimate children scattered to the winds of fortune, the childhoods of Henry VIII’s heirs is one of ambition, destiny, heartache, and triumph.

Three Sisters, Three Queens

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476758743
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Book Synopsis Three Sisters, Three Queens by : Philippa Gregory

Download or read book Three Sisters, Three Queens written by Philippa Gregory and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions, an interview with the author, and book club enhancement suggestions.

Dark History of the Tudors

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Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 178274181X
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (827 download)

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Book Synopsis Dark History of the Tudors by : Judith John

Download or read book Dark History of the Tudors written by Judith John and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with 180 photographs, paintings and illustrations, Dark History of the Tudors is a fascinating, accessible account of the murder, adultery and religious turmoil that characterised England’s most infamous royal dynasty.

Focus On: 100 Most Popular Knights of the Garter

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Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1793 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Focus On: 100 Most Popular Knights of the Garter by : Wikipedia contributors

Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular Knights of the Garter written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 1793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mary Boleyn

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Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0345521331
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Book Synopsis Mary Boleyn by : Alison Weir

Download or read book Mary Boleyn written by Alison Weir and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a historical profile of Henry VIII's mistress and the sister of Anne Boleyn, examining her affair with Francis I of France, rise and fall in the Tudor court, and obscure later years after she married for love.

The Taming of the Queen

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476758816
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Book Synopsis The Taming of the Queen by : Philippa Gregory

Download or read book The Taming of the Queen written by Philippa Gregory and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a novel of passion and power at the court of a medieval killer, a riveting new Tudor tale featuring King Henry VIII’s sixth wife Kateryn Parr. Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives—King Henry VIII—commands her to marry him. Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a year. But Henry adores his new bride and Kateryn’s trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as Regent. But is this enough to keep her safe? A leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in English, Kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her own. But she cannot save the Protestants, under threat for their faith, and Henry’s dangerous gaze turns on her. The traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy—the punishment is death by fire and the king’s name is on the warrant... From the bestselling author who has illuminated all of Henry’s queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power, and education at the court of a medieval killer.

Young Henry

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250012740
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Young Henry by : Robert Hutchinson

Download or read book Young Henry written by Robert Hutchinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the same years of Henry VIII's life as The Tudors, this book charts his rise as a magnificent and ruthless monarch Immortalized as a domineering king, notorious philanderer, and the unlikely benefactor of a new church, Henry VIII became a legend during his own reign. Who, though, was the young royal who would grow up to become England's most infamous ruler? Robert Hutchinson's Young Henry examines Henry Tudor's childhood beginnings and subsequent rise to power in the most intimate retelling of his early life to date. While Henry's elder brother Arthur was scrupulously groomed for the crown by their autocratic father, the ten-year-old "spare heir" enjoyed a more carefree childhood, given prestige and power without the looming pressures of the throne. Everything changed for the young prince, though, when his brother died. Henry was nine weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday when he inherited both his brother's widow and the crown. As King, Henry preferred magnificence and merriment to his royal responsibilities, sweeping away the musty cobwebs of his father's court with feasting, dancing, and sport. Frustrated, too, by the seeming inability of his wife, Katherine of Aragon, to produce an heir, Henry turned his attention to a prospective second queen whose name would endure as long as his: Anne Boleyn. With the king still lacking a successor by the age of 35, however, the time for youthful frolic had come to an end. Divorcing his wife and the Catholic Church, executing his lover and his violent will, Henry charged forward on a scandalous path of terrifying self-indulgence from which there was no turning back. Young Henry is an illuminating portrait of this tyrannical yet groundbreaking king—before he transformed his country, and the face of the monarchy, irrevocably.

Taming the Tempestuous Tudor

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Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488004366
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Taming the Tempestuous Tudor by : Juliet Landon

Download or read book Taming the Tempestuous Tudor written by Juliet Landon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this historical romance, the half-sister of Elizabeth I finds love, marriage, and plenty of danger in the royal court. Henrietta Raemon, illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII, longs to go to court to be closer to her half-sister, the queen. The last thing on fiercely independent Etta’s mind is marriage—until newly ennobled merchant Baron Somerville leaves her no choice! But the attractions of court turn perilous when Etta’s resemblance to Elizabeth makes her some powerful enemies. Her husband is there to protect her, if only Etta can conquer her pride . . . and surrender.

Elizabeth

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Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1607659700
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (76 download)

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Book Synopsis Elizabeth by : Phillipa Jones

Download or read book Elizabeth written by Phillipa Jones and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Other Tudors delves into the Virgin Queen myth, Elizabeth’s secret “love life,” and the children she may have had as a result. “Virgin Queen” is the name for which the powerful and fearless daughter of Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn is best remembered, and may explain why Elizabeth was the last of the Tudor monarchs. But how appropriate is that reputation? Were Elizabeth’s suitors and favorites really just innocent intrigues? Or were they much more than that? Was Elizabeth really a woman driven by her passions, who had affairs with several men, including Thomas Seymour, while he was still the husband of her guardian Catherine Parr, and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester—a man adjudged to have been the great love of her life? Are the rumors of Elizabeth’s illegitimate children true? Was the “Virgin Queen” image a carefully thought out piece of Tudor propaganda? Historian Philippa Jones, author of the acclaimed The Other Tudors, challenges the many myths and truths surrounding Elizabeth’s life and reveals the passionate woman behind the scenes.

The King's Curse

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451626126
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis The King's Curse by : Philippa Gregory

Download or read book The King's Curse written by Philippa Gregory and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Starz original series The White Queen comes the story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England. Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VII's claim to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the White Princess) and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married off to a steady and kind Lancaster supporter--Sir Richard Pole. For his loyalty, Sir Richard is entrusted with the governorship of Wales, but Margaret's contented daily life is changed forever with the arrival of Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon. Margaret soon becomes a trusted advisor and friend to the honeymooning couple, hiding her own royal connections in service to the Tudors. After the sudden death of Prince Arthur, Katherine leaves for London a widow, and fulfills her deathbed promise to her husband by marrying his brother, Henry VIII. Margaret's world is turned upside down by the surprising summons to court, where she becomes the chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine. But this charmed life of the wealthiest and "holiest" woman in England lasts only until the rise of Anne Boleyn, and the dramatic deterioration of the Tudor court. Margaret has to choose whether her allegiance is to the increasingly tyrannical king, or to her beloved queen; to the religion she loves or the theology which serves the new masters. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors"--

A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315440709
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Book Synopsis A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen by : Carole Levin

Download or read book A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen written by Carole Levin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the exemplary to the notorious to the obscure, this comprehensive and innovative encyclopedia showcases the worthy women of early modern England. Poets, princesses, or pirates, the women of power and agency found in these pages are indeed worth knowing, and this volume will introduce many female figures to even the most established scholars in early modern studies. Rather than using the conventional alphabetical format of the standard biographical encyclopedia, this volume is divided into categories of women. Since many women will fit in more than one category, each woman is placed in the category that best exemplifies her life, and is cross referenced in other appropriate sections. This structure makes the book an interesting read for seasoned scholars of early modern women, while students need not already be familiar with these subjects in order to benefit from the text. Another unusual feature of this reference work is that each entry begins with some incident from the woman’s life that is particularly exciting or significant. Some entries are very brief while others are extensive. Each includes a source listing. The book is well illustrated and liberally sprinkled with quotations of the time either by or about the women in the text.

The Boleyns

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Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398100234
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)

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Book Synopsis The Boleyns by : Amanda Harvey Purse

Download or read book The Boleyns written by Amanda Harvey Purse and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII, Amanda Harvey Purse looks at significant Boleyns through history, shining a spotlight on how their story has been entwined with that of the British monarchy for almost 500 years.