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The Six Wives of Henry VIII

By: Alison Weir
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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This acclaimed best seller from popular historian Alison Weir is a fascinating look at the Tudor family dynasty and its most infamous ruler. The Six Wives of Henry VIII brings to life England’s oft-married monarch and the six wildly different but equally fascinating women who married him. Gripping from the first sentence to the last and loaded with fascinating details, Weir’s rich history is a perfect blend of scholarship and entertainment.

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The author has done an excellent job of researching this book and the narrator is a delight to listen to. I have learned more about Henry VIII through this book than I ever knew before. I highly recommend it.

Fascinating

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Learned a great deal about royal history. The narrators voice very easy to listen to.

History

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loved this book 😍 if your thinking about listening and love Tudor history you will not be disappointed.

loved it

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Fascinating biography of 6 women's approaches to dealing with an all powerful tyrant.

So many fascinating insights into each of the women - particularly enjoyed learning little know facts like Ann B's support of the first English translation of the Bible.

Ultimately, HVIII mania to have a boy led to so much of the trouble. I love the fact that you know the heroine of the story exists before anyone loses their head.

A gr8 book masterfully written and told by two women of our time.

Reading this book makes me wish the world was run by women (again;-).

Intriguing

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This is long book; and a very good book for anyone who is interested in this period of history. It provides a different perspective.

Well Worth It.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book - it was well written and the narrator was excellent. Weir pays close attention to each wife and gives great detailing about Henry - the book has encouraged me to read other titles by the author.

Engaging

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Such an interesting and well informed book. Well narrated. I found myself googling facts, pictures, words and locations at times to satisfy my curiosity about the six wives. Highly recommend to people with historical curiosity

Very interesting, a great book

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A really interesting history of Henry and his six wives. I was amazed at how much actual correspondence has survived from Tudor times. So intriguing!!

Most famous wives!

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Voice of narrator is lovely to listen to, very thorough. Certainly learnt alot about the period.

Most educational

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I love history, especially medieval history. This book was so fascinating and easy to listen to.

Amazing to listen to

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