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.
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Would love to win this!!!
I would be scared to be Henry’s Wife or lover…. but would love to read about it
I would love to win. Can’t really get out to the library an can’t afford to buy books right now. So here’s to hoping I win. Good luck to everyone.
Good book
Love the Tudors and had the privilege of meeting Amy; already a fan of her work on Richard 111 so would be good to read this x
This sounds like a very interesting book! Another one to add to my growing list!
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I’d love to have a copy of this book to add to my Tudor collection.
Would love to read/win this!
I can’t even imagine how terrified women must have been to receive the affections of the King, especially later on during his reign once he’d disposed of so many queens.
I would so love to win this book. Such a gorgeous cover and have heard rave reviews for Amy’s work.
Would love to read this one!!!
I would LOVE this book! I love the tudors and find them so fascinating !
This is the book I definitely have to read, thank you for the chance…!!
So much fun!
As far back as I can remember I have always been hugely interested in English history; especially The Tudor Period. I have read so many wonderful books books about this mesmerising period in the history of the world! Amy Licence has a way of writing which captures me so much and I can hardly wait to get my hands on this lovely novel! :-)))
Would love to read this book.
I would so love to read this book! Sounds like an absolutely captivating read!
Would love to have this book! The women’s side is so fascinating!
I would love to read this!
This book sounds SO interesting! Great sounding choices for future reading
I’ve been wanting this one, it looks like an amazing book!! 😀
PLEASEEEEEE let me win this one! I am unemployed so can’t purchase books and my library doesn’t carry her books! Interlibrary loans cost money! It is terrible being unemployed!
I will win one of these comps 🙂 x
This book has been on my TBR list. Thanks for the giveaway!! raquel36m(at)gmail(dot)com
Sounds like a great book! I am interesting in learning more about such amazing women!
What a story!
This sounds like a fascinating book, can’t wait to read it!
Thank you so much for doing this givaway!! Enjoying everyday of it!!
Would love to read this and learn more about these fascinating women!
This sounds really interesting. I would love to win this!
i love Amy Licence..would love this book
I want to read it!
I would love to win this book, this time period fascinates me.I have never read anything by this author and this book looks intriguing. 😀
Sounds very intriguing! I honestly do not know a lot about the mistresses of Henry VIII. This would be a great history lesson on some magnificent women! 🙂
Would love to read this! 🙂
Sounds like a fun read!
Would LOVE to read this!
Would love have this book..sounds really good 🙂
I would love to read this! About time someone combined all of Henry VIII’s women. Most books on Henry VIII’s wives are the same and the mistresses are full of speculation. It would be great to see Amy’s take on this, I saw her at Leeds Castle and she said there were only two certain mistresses of Henry VIII. One was Bessie Blount as she gave him Henry Fitzroy, the other was Mary Boleyn as he used it to annul his marriage to Anne.
I love her work and I would love to learn more about Henry’s mistresses. Thank you for the giveaway!
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I would love read a book of yours! 🙂
Very excited about this book. There would be a long line up of family and friends who would want to read this one when I am done reading.
Always love to read. A new Tudor book ,never tire of them !
would love to win this
Sounds interesting a different viewpoint!
Betting this is a very interesting read!
I love everything about the Tudor Period! I try to read everything I can about Henry VIII and his wives!
I would love to win this!
Another great read, so hoping I win! Thanks again, what a fun contest! 🙂