new book on Jane Seymour

 
UK Release Date:  May 15, 2009

The first ever biography of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, who died in childbirth giving the king what he craved most - a son and heir.Jane Seymour is often portrayed as meek and mild and as the most successful, but one of the least significant, of Henry VIII's wives. The real Jane was a very different character, demure and submissive yet with a ruthless streak - as Anne Boleyn was being tried for treason, Jane was choosing her wedding dress. From the lowliest origins of any of Henry's wives her rise shows an ambition every bit as great as Anne's. Elizabeth Norton tells the thrilling life of a country girl from rural Wiltshire who rose to the throne of England and became the ideal Tudor woman.


9 comments:

  1. Surprising that this is the first biography of her! Is that because of the "submissive and insignificant" stereotype?

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  2. Another one for the tbr list.

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  3. OMG.. I have to read this..
    Sounds good.

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  4. I always thought there was steel behind that mousy exterior - good to see that she has a biographer.

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  5. I must get this book. I am everything Tudor at the moment.

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  6. Hey, have you ever read "The Nine Day Queen"? It's YA Fiction, but it's good, and it's all about Jane Grey.

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  7. I hope it's good, but I have to say I'm worried. I have her "She-Wolves" book, and though I haven't read the whole thing, it has some odd errors in the chapter on Isabella, like having Isabella being besieged in the Tower! Perhaps Norton will get better with the Tudors.

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  8. I bet that will be good. I've always wanted to know more about her.

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  9. This sounds wonderful - how odd that no one ever wrote a biography of her. Hmmm.

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