Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses & Bastards - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses & Bastards write by Philippa Jones. This book was released on 2017-03-07. Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses & Bastards available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
The Other Tudors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Other Tudors write by Philippa Jones. This book was released on 2009. The Other Tudors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Takes us into the web of secrets and deception at the Tudor Court, bringing together the full story of Henry VIII's love affairs and exploring their impact on the Tudor dynasty.
The Other Tudors
The Other Tudors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Other Tudors write by Pip Jones. This book was released on 2010. The Other Tudors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Other Tudors
The Other Tudors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Other Tudors write by Philippa Jones. This book was released on 2017-03-07. The Other Tudors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book brings together for the first time the 'other women' of King Henry VIII, and takes us deep into the web of secrets and deception at the Tudor Court.
The Tudors
The Tudors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tudors write by G. J. Meyer. This book was released on 2011-03-01. The Tudors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated Press In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. Half a century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of possessing. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his country. The boy king Edward VI, a fervent believer in reforming the English church, died before bringing to fruition his dream of a second English Reformation. Mary I, the disgraced daughter of Catherine of Aragon, tried and failed to reestablish the Catholic Church and produce an heir. And finally came Elizabeth I, who devoted her life to creating an image of herself as Gloriana the Virgin Queen but, behind that mask, sacrificed all chance of personal happiness in order to survive. The Tudors weaves together all the sinners and saints, the tragedies and triumphs, the high dreams and dark crimes, that reveal the Tudor era to be, in its enthralling, notorious truth, as momentous and as fascinating as the fictions audiences have come to love. Praise for The Tudors “A rich and vibrant tapestry.”—The Star-Ledger “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated Press “Energetic and comprehensive . . . [a] sweeping history of the gloriously infamous Tudor era . . . Unlike the somewhat ponderous British biographies of the Henrys, Elizabeths, and Boleyns that seem to pop up perennially, The Tudors displays flashy, fresh irreverence [and cuts] to the quick of the action.”—Kirkus Reviews “[A] cheeky, nuanced, and authoritative perspective . . . brims with enriching background discussions.”—Publishers Weekly “[A] lively new history.”—Bloomberg
