queen, consort of henry viii, king of england

Reconstructs the life of the second wife of Henry VIII, drawing on scholarly studies and critical analysis to define an English queen who has been alternately viewed as a whore, martyr, feminist icon, and cautionary tale.

Just seventeen years old, Henry IX, known as William, is a king bound by the restraints of the regency yet anxious to prove himself. With the French threatening battle and the Catholics sowing the seeds of rebellion at home, William trusts only three people: his older sister Elizabeth; his best friend and loyal counselor, Dominic; and Minuette, a young orphan raised as a royal ward by William?s mother, Anne Boleyn.

In 1539, Kitty Tylney and her best friend Cat Howard--the audacious, self-proclaimed "Queen of Misrule"--both servants to the Duchess of Norfolk, move to the court of King Henry VIII, who fancies Cat, and when Cat becomes queen, Kitty must learn to navigate the complexities and dangers of the royal court.

Chronicles the life of Katherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII, discussing her place in the Tudor court, her relationship with the king, her marriage to Sir Thomas Seymour, and other related topics.

Describes the upbringing of Anne Boleyn, second queen of England's Henry VIII, and the social and religious contexts of her life, discussing sixteenth-century beliefs about sodomy, incest, fetal deformities, and witchcraft in a search for the true reasons she was executed.

In 1520, thirteen-year-old Anne Boleyn, jealous of her older sister's beauty and position at court, declares that she will one day be queen of England, and that her sister will kneel at her feet.