US & UK Release Date: June 26, 2009
Everybody thinks they know the tale of King Henry VIII's wives: divorced, beheaded died; divorced, beheaded, survived. But behind this familiar story, lies a far more complex truth. 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. 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 when he was considering divorcing Catherine Parr thus leaving him free to marry Katherine d'Eresby. 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.


Why do I have to always wait in Canada?? I want this one!
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh, this does sound scandalously intriguing!
ReplyDeleteI love me some Tudor scandal. I will have to check this out!
ReplyDeleteARGH. I must have this one.
ReplyDeleteThis is going straight onto my TBR list. Also, I have been ordering books from the UK Book Depository for books released in the UK. And what's great is FREE SHIPPING!!! Just a helpful note!
ReplyDeleteAwesome I have added it to my TBR list!!!!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever read anything by John Jakes? I don't see him on your Historical writer's list. I adore him and he is probably one of my favorite authors!!!!!
Sounds good!!! I'll have to add it to my wish list!
ReplyDeleteWow! Sounds good! I had read 'King's Fool' and there is mention about his 6 wives there! but not in such detail!
ReplyDeleteI just got an email from the Book Depository to say they have packed and shipped this. Can't wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteOh man, just what I need. Yet another book to buy.
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