The Six Wives of Henry VIII

This group biography treats Henry VIII's six queens as separate lives rather than as a single royal pageant. Fraser reconstructs Catherine of Aragon's Spanish marriage and long queenship, Anne Boleyn's rise and fall, Jane Seymour's brief tenure, Anne of Cleves's political match, Katherine Howard's youth at court, and Catherine Parr's widowhood and learning, using letters, ambassador reports, and household records. Each chapter sets the woman against faction, succession panic, and the king's need for a male heir. The book is narrative history of six marriages, not a novelized court romance.

Bound in dark green cloth blocked in gold and light green with a design by Jessica Hische and Cat Caudillo.Brown slipcase, front gilt blocked with the wives names.