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Six Wives de David Starkey

Six Wives

Autor David Starkey
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mar 2004
ANNE BOLEYN: the pretty, clever, French-educated Protestant whose marriage to Henry changed England forever... JANE SEYMOUR: the demure and submissive contrast to Anne Boleyn's radical and vampish style...
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780099437246
ISBN-10: 0099437244
Pagini: 880
Ilustrații: colour photos
Dimensiuni: 129 x 199 x 60 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: Vintage Publishing
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

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No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. His marriages were daring and tumultuous, and made instant legends of six very different women. In this remarkable study, David Starkey argues that the king was not a depraved philanderer but someone seeking happiness -- and a son. Knowingly or not, he elevateda group of women to extraordinary heights and changed the way a nation was governed.
Six Wives is a masterful work of history that intimately examines the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy, and religion that were part of daily life for women at the Tudor Court. Weaving new facts and fresh interpretations into a spellbinding account of the emotional drama surrounding Henry's six marriages, David Starkey reveals the central role that the queens played in determining policy. With an equally keen eye for romantic and political intrigue, he brilliantly recaptures the story of Henry's wives and the England they ruled.

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“Relentlessly scholarly, Starkey’s is the best study of Henry’s wives ever published. . . . The particular strength of this mammoth book lies in integrating the petty politics of family and personal advancement with the ‘high politics’ of state. . . . A masterly and persuasive narrative which, despite its prodigious detail, never loses its grip over the story or the reader.” — The Evening Standard
“David Starkey reigns supreme over Tudor history.” — Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
“Exciting. ... Very acute. ... It is so gripping that one finishes it wishing it were even longer.” — Mail on Sunday
“Extraordinary. . . . It is a tribute to Starkey’s narrative drive, his puckish wit, and sharp discrimination that it doesn’t seem a page too long. . . . With each queen, Starkey offers a vivid character study but also has fresh discoveries that subtly alter the picture he started out with.” — Sunday Times (London)
“Acute and imaginative. . . . [Starkey’s] communication of subtle points in simple and vivid language is masterly. . . . In writing a book which scholars will need to read, and which huge numbers of people will want to buy, he has brought off the seemingly impossible.” — Sunday Telegraph
“Brilliant. . . . Starkey keeps the narrative alive with a combination of sound chronology, peppery opinion, and startling detail. . . . Six Wives provides an intriguing new perspective on this key period in English history.” — Daily Telegraph (London)
“Extraordinary. . . . With each queen, Starkey offers a vivid character study.” — Sunday Times (London)
“Acute and imaginative. ... [Starkey’s] communication of subtle points in simple and vivid language is masterly.” — Sunday Telegraph
“Brilliant. ... Six Wives provides an intriguing new perspective on this key period in English history.” — Daily Telegraph (London)
“Eminently interesting. . . . A rich account of the six long-celebrated women who, for better or worse, shared the throne with the ax-happy Tudor king. . . .A boon to fans of English royal history, full of murder and mayhem, but also of solid analysis of a maddeningly complicated era.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Between scholarly work and storytelling, the book gives us high drama. . . . A strong, entertaining, and occasionally audiacious interpretation.” — Publishers Weekly
“Truly, this is history made as fluent and compelling as excellent fiction.” — Booklist (starred review)
“[An] impressive biography. . . . [Starkey’s] language is fresh, alive, current. . . . Possibly the greatest strength of Starkey’s work is that he remains steadfastly focused on these six women . . . revealing much about them that was previously unknown and unfathomed, but also disproving many of the prominent myths.” — Christian Science Monitor
“Solidly researched and delightfully told, this is highly recommended.” — Library Journal

Notă biografică

David Starkey is the Bye Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and winner of the W. H. Smith Prize and the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History presented by Britain's Historical Association. He is best known for writing and presenting the groundbreaking and hugely popular series Elizabeth and The Six Wives of Henry VIII. He lives in London.