On the eighth day of Christmas On the Tudor Trail gave to me… the chance to win a copy of ‘The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII’ by Amy Licence.
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Book Description
For a king renowned for his love life, Henry VIII has traditionally been depicted as something of a prude, but the story may have been different for the women who shared his bed. How did they take the leap from courtier to lover, to wife? What was Henry really like as a lover?
Henry’s women were uniquely placed to experience the tension between his chivalric ideals and the lusts of the handsome, tall, athletic king; his first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, was, on one level, a fairy-tale romance but his affairs with Anne Stafford, Elizabeth Carew and Jane Popincourt undermined it early on. Later, his more established mistresses, Bessie Blount and Mary Boleyn, risked their good names by bearing him illegitimate children. Typical of his time, Henry did not feel that casual liaisons could threaten his marriage, until he met the one woman who held him at arm’s length. The arrival of Anne Boleyn changed everything. Her seductive eyes helped rewrite history. After their passionate marriage turned sour, the king rapidly remarried to Jane Seymour. Her death in childbirth left him alone, without wife or lover, for the first time in decades. In the quest for a new queen, he scoured the courts of Europe, obsessed with the beautiful Christina of Milan, whose rejection of him spurred him into the arms of Anne of Cleves and soon after the lively teenager Catherine Howard. Henry’s final years were spent with the elegant and accomplished widow Catherine Parr, who sacrificed personal pleasure for duty by marrying him while her heart was bestowed elsewhere.
What was it like for these women to share Henry’s bed, bear his children or sit on the English throne? He was a man of great appetites, ready to move heaven and earth for a woman he desired; their experiences need to be readdressed in a frank, modern take on the affairs of his heart. What was it really like to be Mrs Henry VIII?
Read an excerpt from the book here.
Visit Amy’s website here.
Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for your chance to win a copy of ‘The King’s Daughter: A Novel of the First Tudor Queen’ by Sandra Worth.
Yes please. I would love to read this book
I would love to read this book – it looks like a fab read.
I already have this book on my wishlist and would be very interested to know more about Henry’s mistresses as I have read little about them so far.
I would love this book!
Not exactly monogamous. Seems great book!
trying my luck. I would love to be able to read this book if I have the chance. Let’s see if some Christmas charm sends a Christmas gift to my door…..
It sounds so interesting!
I don’t need to be entered in today’s competition.I just wanted to say anyone thinking about reading this book should.And if its not on your list.Put it on.Its fantastic.
Sounds fascinating, would love to get my hands on a copy.
I would love to read it *-*
Looks like an interesting read! Would love to win this book! Thank you again for this amazing giveaway!
I bet this is a riveting read 🙂
Another for the stack 🙂
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I would love this book xxx
I would love this!
Seems to have been a bit dangerous to become involved with Henry VIII
I have absolutely LOVED every book that she has written and I know that this will be no different. I would love to win this and read her take on Henry and his women.
Would love to win/read this book! Thanks for doing these giveaways! 🙂
Would so love this, I have a small obsession with Henry VIII so wish I had a time machine so I could get to meet the man and discover what made him tick. His changeable mind fascinates me.
Oooh this sounds great!!
Such a riveting story, was that court <3
Sounds very interesting. I’d love to have this book in my collection:D
I will love this one as I like reading Amy’s work.
Hello..As an avid reader..of Tudor history,I would love to read this book.As there is much information,I do not know..The cover of this book is,beautiful,and illustrated.Thank you
Looks fascinating!I enjoy anything involving Henry VIII and the many people connected to him.
This web site is rapidly becoming my very favourite web site of all, please continue with your good work and Merry Christmas to everyone who takes part in it.
I love this era and look forward to reading this book!
I would love to win this Book, i think it would be great read for the holidays 🙂
I would love it!
Henry VIII’s life was so interesting… I’d love to read this book!
Can´t wait to read this 🙂 !
Would be delighted to enjoy this during the bleak midwinter!
Looks like a good read! I like reading stories that are told from individual perspectives. It gives us an idea of what these ladies might have thought, and how it affected their actions. It’s like going back 500 years and being a fly on the wall!
This book sounds fascinating! I think quite a bit of my birthday and Christmas money will be going to these books come January…
Wow, Santa has really come to On the Tudor Trail hasn’t he!!
All these super give aways…all so tempting too.
Can’t get enough of my Henry and his time! Would love another book!
Another great give-away. This book is on my booklist. So would live to read it.
I LOVE the cover!! I have this on hold at the library, but would love to have my own!!
This is another interesting book that I would love to read.
What an amazing time this was.
Got to love olé Henry Hugh Hefner of his day…always so Intrigued by his life.
I live in the USA, but as I child I lived in England for a year. I attended a British school when I was 9 and we studied King Henry VIII and his wives. That’s been over 30 years ago, but I’m still fascinated. I’d love to read this book.
this sounds VERY interesting!!!
We have watched “The Tudors”( which was shown on t.v. several years ago) and often wondered how the wives felt and what they thought of Henry and his treatment of them. It would be wonderful to read their side of their lives,
I would love to read this. Sounds amazing.
I have read so much on this book over at your site and others, it’s made me really curious. Love to win this one 🙂
This sounds like a great book at add to my collection!
i would loveeeee the read/win this book i have been waiting to be able to buy this and now to have a chance would be wonderful,I rfead the book on bessie blount who we know so little about and it showed a different henry to read baout in his early youth, this would be so inspiring. if i dont win i am debfinetly going to buy this
Hoping to win this book it looks a great read xx
Trying my luck!! Would love to add this one to my library.:)
I would love to add this to my collection!