Review of Alison Weir's "The Six Wives of Henry VIII"

 

This exhaustive effort by the author does not prove an exhausting experience for the reader. Not for this one, anyway. Rather, this heavy tome is engaging and informative, filled with details of the lives and deaths of Henry VIII's six queen consorts.

It may seem to many that Catherine Parr, the sixth wife, was the most fortunate of these queens; however, after reading this book it becomes clear that wife number four, Anne of Cleves, had the best life of them all.

It's also interesting to trace how the legendary Tudor monarch developed from a much-beloved sovereign to one of the most feared tyrants in English history.

In short, this is a brilliantly researched book written by a great author.