Hank 8 and his wives make Jon and Kate Gosselin look like a Sunday school picnic.
This history is well-written and exhaustively researched, with a little more of the research included in the book than I would have chosen. (All those clothes ... )
Alison Weir wants us to see that there was more substance to VIII than we might have presumed. "Taking into account the ever-present problem of the succession, it is impossible to dismiss Henry VIII as the cruel lecher of popular legend who changed wives whenever it pleased him."
Yes, but after reading "The Six Wives," I still didn't like him very much.
I did like Katherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour and Katherine Parr, and I liked Anne of Cleves best of all. Anne Boleyn not so much. As for Katherine Howard, I couldn't exactly say that I liked her, but she was too young to be held responsible. She was certainly too young -- even in that era -- to be held accountable enough to lose her head. ( )

It is true story. And very easy to read.
I was so surprised about the king had six wives. So many.
But I feel some rady poor because they were sent to London tour.
Only she cannot bore the baby boy.
I strongly feel that I am happy to live this age. ( )

I read this while watching the TV series The Tudors (which is great by the way!). Alison Weir is an acclaimed historical author known for making her history books easy to read and gripping as a novel. Basically, Henry was a supreme egotist. He cloaked his sexual desires under the guise of public policy or moral right and executed some of his wives with little excuse, most famously, Anne Boleyn. In his later years he became grossly fat, paranoid, and unpredictable. Nonetheless he possessed considerable political insight, and he was a visible and active king during a time of political instability between France, Spain & England. Alison provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives and world of Henry's eight wives and the beginnings of the English Reformation. If you love Tudor history, you can't go past this pageturner. And watch the TV series!

An engrossing history of the six women chosen to be the wives of Henry VIII.

Expertly researched and deftly written, Alison Weir delivers a highly readable saga. ( )

Alison Weir has written good history and a compelling read.