Renowned historian and novelist Philippa Gregory uncovers the ambition, power and peril behind the six extraordinary women who risked everything to become Henry VIII’s queen.
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Philippa Gregory explores the real identities of the six women who married Henry VIII, looking beyond their famous fates to uncover who they were, what drove them and why each took the extraordinary risk of becoming Queen of England.
Bringing her novelist’s imagination and historian’s rigour, Gregory reveals six ambitious and complex women, each with her own motivations for entering one of Europe’s most dangerous courts. From personal rivalries and family ambitions to power and survival, each played her cards differently as she navigated marriage to a king incapable of lasting love.
The series combines cutting-edge technology with dramatic reconstruction to vividly bring the wives, courtiers and Tudor court to life, revealing the extraordinary women who helped change the course of English history.