Elizabeth Goldring

At last we see Henry VIII’s wives as individuals

Specialist knowledge of Tudor portraiture, book bindings, music and jewellery enables us to see each woman anew, possessed of a distinct life and afterlife

Holbein’s flattering portrait of Anne of Cleves contributed to the fall of Thomas Cromwell – but the artist, unlike Cromwell, kept his head. [Bridgeman Images] 
issue 15 June 2024

Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived. Nearly 500 years after the death of Henry VIII, can there be anything new to say about his queens: Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr? Does the world need another book about this sextet?

The answer to both questions, as this elegantly written and sumptuously illustrated...

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