Review: The Six Wives of Henry VIII

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beth — Tue, Jul 15 2008

Here's my review in a nutshell: The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir is over 600 pages long, and I finished it in 5 days. It's good.

Maybe it's because I just finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl or maybe it's because I'm more familiar with the major players in general, but I found this to be a much more readable biography than Marie Antoinette. The book is well-researched and pulled me in to the lives of all of Henry VIII's wives. It seems fairly unbiased and points out the good and bad qualities of all six wives.

I saw recently that Alison Weir also writes historical fiction based on the Tudors, and I'm definitely going to check those out.

Don't be scared away by the length of this group biography; if your arms can handle it, I recommend picking up a copy.

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