The women who wed Henry VIII are remembered mainly for the ways their royal marriages ended divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived This book helps to restore full humanity to these six fascinating women by applying the insights of feminist scholarship Here they appear not as stereotypes not simply as victims but as lively intelligent noblewomen doing their best to survive in a treacherous court Divorced Beheaded Survived takes a revisionist look at 16th century English politics domestic and otherwise reinterpreting the historical record in perceptive new ways For example it shows Ann Boleyn not as a seductress but as a sophisticate who for years politely suffered what we would now label royal sexual harassment It presents evidence that the princess Anne of Cleves whom Henry declared ugly and banished from his bed was in fact a pretty woman who agreed to the king s whim as her best hope for happiness Booknews A fascinating revisionist look at 16th century English politics both public and private examining the lives of Henry VIII s six wives as active personalities rather than merely as seductresses unattractive hags or ciphers Annotation c Book News Inc Portland OR booknews com
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