![]() Here are the tragic and riveting stories of the wives of Henry VIII-as well as Henry's own story-written by seven of the most acclaimed and bestselling YA authors working today. Experience the heartache of mothers as they lose son after son, heir after heir. Pace the room with Kateryn Parr as her enemies try to ensnare her. ![]() ![]() Feel Catherine Howard's terror as old lovers resurface and whisper vicious rumors to Henry's influential advisors. Hold you breath as Anna of Cleves plays a most dangerous hand. Follow Jane Seymour as she rises from bullied court maiden to beloved queen, only to die after giving birth. See the sword flash as fiery Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery. Meet the devout and faithful Katharine of Aragon. ![]() Watch friends, advisors, and even family betray one another-all to please an impossible-to-please king. Open this book and enter a court filled with the power-hungry and cutthroat, and those who serve them. They were his queens-six ill-fated women, bound for divorce, beheading, or death. **HE WAS KING HENRY VIII,** a charismatic and extravagant ruler obsessed with both his power and with siring a male heir. ![]()
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