Biography - Historical
Alison Weir, THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, Ballantine Books - 1993
PB, VG - Corners have slight curls "Henry VIII is perhaps England's most infamous monarch, especially when it comes to matters of the heart." "The wives of possibly England's greatest monarch were as varied as they were many, as this compelling biography reveals..."
$7.00
Antonia Fraser, THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII, Vintage - 1994
PB, VG, Front cover slightly bent. "In the popular imagination the unfortunate consorts of Henry VIII survive as feminine stereotypes: the Betrayed Wife, the Temptress, the Good Woman, the Ugly Sister, the Bad Girl, and the Mother Figure. Now one of our leading historians restores these women to human dimensions while unraveling the web of forces that raised them to the throne and sometimes brought them to the headman's block."
$7.00
Carolly Erickson, BLOODY MARY - NON-FICTION, St. Martin's Griffin - 1998
PB, VG. Right bottom corner of front cover slightly curled. "Here is the tragic stormy life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. Her story is a chronicle of courage and faith, betrayal and treachery -set amidst the splendor, pageantry, squalor, and intrigue of sixteenth-century Europe."
$7.00
Jasper Ridley, ELIZABETH I THE SHREWDNESS OF VIRTUE, Fromm International Publishing - 1989
PB, NF, corners have tiny curls. "Quite simply one of the best...Carefully researched, balanced, and entertaining."
$6.00