Children of Henry VIII by B Alison Weir

Children of Henry VIII by B Alison Weir

Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject.--The Philadelphia Inquirer

At his death in 1547, King Henry VI left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of Bloody Mary, and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I.

As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian's and the biographer's art.

Like anthropology, history and biography can demonstrate unfamiliar ways of feeling and being. Alison Weir's sympathetic collective biography, The Children of Henry VI does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed--and for the better. . . . Weir imparts movement and coherence while re-creating the suspense her characters endured and the suffering they inflicted.--The New York Times Book Review

Alison Weir s books include Britain s Royal Families; The Six Wives of Henry VIII; Children of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Henry VIII King and Court; Mary, Queen of Scots; and most recently, Isabella.

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ISBN 13	9780345391186
ISBN 10	0345391187
Title	Children of Henry VIII
Author	B Alison Weir
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Year published	1996-07-09
Number of pages	385
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