In the Shadow of Queens

Name: In the Shadow of Queens
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by Alison Weir

Book 2 in the Six Tudor Queens series.

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Behind every great king stands a queen. And behind every queen, the whole court watches on...Over the years of his reign, six different women took their place beside King Henry VIII of England as his wife and queen.But the real stories of the six Tudor queens belong to those who lived among them. Played out in glittering palaces and whispering courts, these are tales of the people who loved and served these women, and those who lied and betrayed them.Collected together for the first time, In the Shadow of Queens reveals thirteen startling stories from the Tudor court, told by those at the very heart of that world.

Historical periods

Tudor Period Reign of Henry VIII Henrician Reformation Edwardian Reformation Mary I and the Counter-Reformation Wyatt’s Rebellion Renaissance & Early Modern Europe

Historical people

Arthur, Prince of Wales1486–1502 Henry VIII1491–1547 Catherine of Aragon1485–1536 Anne Boleyn1501–1536 Jane Seymour1508–1537 Anne of Cleves1515–1557 Catherine Howard1523–1542 Catherine Parr1512–1548 Mary I1516–1558 Edward VI1537–1553 Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox1515–1578 Margaret Tudor1489–1541 James V1512–1542 Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford1505–1542 George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford1504–1536 Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley1508–1549 Mary Seymourborn 1548 Anne Basset1521–1557 Margaret Butler, Countess of Ormondc. 15th century–1542