Le sei mogli di Enrico VIII

While this would be a quality history by any standard, I've decided to judge it by exactly the standard that Antonia Fraser sets for herself right at the beginning of the book. She says that her mission is to rescue the six wives of Henry VIII from the sterotypes that have plagued them for centuries Leggi tutto

After recently finishing the Thomas Cromwell trilogy by Hilary Mantel and loving it to bits, I had serious trouble saying goodbye to this intriguing anti-hero and the Tudor world. And then I went promptly to my bookshelf and grabbed this book, which had been standing there, untouched (unless you cou Leggi tutto

I read this book back in 1998. It was large, heavy and had a cover that looked and felt like an ancient parchment. If you are a fan of Tudor history, this is the book that will enchant and prime you for a trip to England. It has photos of many of the important sites like exactly where royalty are bu Leggi tutto

When reading this book it was very clear to me, that Fraser's purpose in writing this book was not to challenge any of the usual conceptions of the six wives of Henry VIII. She has next to no primary sources, and those she does has she doesn't explore or challenge in any way. So this is not a work o Leggi tutto

This is a work of elaborate research into and objective recount of the lives and fates of the six queens of Henry VIII. Although I had to struggle with the innumerable and often confusing names and titles of the gargantuan cast in the presentation, this didn't thwart my desire to get to the end. The Leggi tutto