The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII · The Women's Stories by Licence, Amy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction: The Six Wives and Many Mistresses? Part One: Catherine of Aragon

1: A Maid from Spain, 1485–1500 2: A Royal Welcome, 1501 3: Marrying Arthur, 1501 4: Ludlow, 1502 5: The Young Widow, 1502–03 6: Betrothal Games, 1503–05 7: The Other Spanish Princess, 1506–07 8: Princess of Scandal, 1507–09 9: In Henry’s Bed, June 1509 10: Coronation, 24 June 1509 11: Catherine’s Court, 1509 12: Pregnancy, 1509–10

Part Two: The Queen’s Rivals

13: Anne, Lady Hastings, 1510 14: The Baby Prince, 1510–11 15: Regent, 1511–13 16: Etiennette de la Baume, 1513 17: Jane Popincourt, 1514 18: Elizabeth Carew, 1514 19: Labour and Loss, 1514–15

Part Three: Bessie Blount

20: Catching the King’s Eye, 1514–15 21: Begetting a Boy, 1515–16 22: The Quiet Queen, 1516–18 23: The Illegitimate Son, 1519 24: The Proud Aunt, 1520 25: Field of Cloth of Gold, 1520 26: Mother of the Princess, 1520–22

Part Four: Mary Boleyn

27: Kindness, 1520–22 28: The King’s Mistress, 1522–25

Part Five: Anne Boleyn

29: The Other Boleyn Girl, 1513–22 30: Henry Percy’s Fiancée, 1522–23 31: Brunet, 1523–25 32: A Vanishing World, 1525–26 33: Love Letters, 1526–27 34: Anticipation, 1527 35: The King’s Darling, 1527–28 36: Ménage à Trois, 1527–28 37: The Blackfriars Trial, 1529 38: The Other Women, 1525–32 39: Rejected Queen, 1531–32 40: Calais, 1532 41: Rise of the Falcon, 1533 42: A Familiar Story, 1533–34 43: The Shelton Sisters, 1535

Part Six: Jane Seymour

44: Death of a Queen, January 1536 45: A Little Neck, May 1536 46: Queen Jane, 1536–37 47: A Prince at Last, 1537

Part Seven: Anne of Cleves

48: Vacancy in the Bed, 1537–39 49: I Like Her Not, 1539–40 50: The Unwanted Bride, 1540

Part Eight: Catherine Howard

51: The King’s Infatuation, 1540 52: The King’s Sister, 1540 53: Rose Without a Thorn, 1540–41 54: An Old Fool, 1541–42

Part Nine: Catherine Parr

55: The Learned Widow, 1542–43 56: More than an Ornament, 1544–45 57: Queen in Danger, 1546 58: The Survivors, 1547

Picture Section Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations