[bksvol-discuss] Re: Just submitted: The Sisters of Henry VIII
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:16:13 -0800 (PST)
Sounds like an interesting book if it's written well.
I'm suprised Philippa Gregory didn't get to it. smile
Cindy Ro
--- Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have just submitted the Sisters of Henry VIII by
> Maria Perry.
>
> Henry VIII's sisters, neglected by generations of
> historians, impacted the lives and perceptions of
> their contemporaries much more forcefully than did
> any of their brother's famous six wives. In The
> Suterj of Henry VIII, Maria Perry examines the lives
> of these extraordinary women and analyzes their
> influence on European history in the Tudor Age.
> Both sisters, Margaret and Mary, initially accepted
> their status as pawns in the dynastic power
> struggles that raged across sixteenth-century
> Europe. Margaret became queen of Scotland at age
> thirteen; family members arranged beautiful Mary's
> betrothal to the aging King of France when she was
> twelve. But both women chose their second husbands
> for love. Margaret bucked convention by marrying and
> divorcing twice after Henry's advancing armies
> slaughtered her first husband and kidnapped her
> children. Mary risked execution by proposing to the
> handsome Duke of Suffolk. By illuminating the
> characters of these two historical figures, Perry
> casts light on other aspects of Tudor England,
> offering a tresh interpretation of Henry VIII's
> upbringing and of his relationship with immediate
> family members.
> In this eye-opening expose of the intrigue and
> scandal that simmered just beneath the Tudors' regal
> image, Perry reveals striking new information about
> a family that - more than any other - shaped the
> development of both Reformation England and the
> modern world. She delivers a new and entirely viable
> theory about what transpired on the wedding night of
> Henry's doomed elder brother,
> Arthur, England's heir apparent, and she presents
> her own spectacular findings on Henry's illegitimate
> son, his "worldly jewel," the shadowy Duke of
> Richmond.
> Groundbreaking in both depth and scope, The Suiters
> of Henry VIII rescues two remarkable princesses from
> the shadows of history and radically challenges
> popular views of both the king and his era.
>
> Actress and writer M A R I A PERRY was educated at
> Somerville College, Oxford. Following a career in
> journalism, both in England and in Sweden, she
> undertook a wide spectrum of roles on stage and
> television and in film. She is a founding member of
> the London recording group The Poetry People. Her
> previous books, The Word of a Prince: A Life of
> Elizabeth I and Knigbbbridgc Woman, both received
> high acclaim. She lives in London.
> Enjoy.
> amber
>
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> Representatives, and thereby have consented to my
> own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our
> children. I give
> you this warning that you may prepare your mind for
> your fate.
> John Adams
> E-Mail: amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx
>
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