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Anne of Cleves
Mary Saaler
其他書名
Fourth Wife of Henry VIII
出版
Rubicon Press
, 1995
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Royalty
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)
ISBN
0948695412
9780948695414
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=b01nAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Many possible brides were hesitant to marry Henry VIII, a man notorious for his treatment of previous wives. Because no woman emerged as the obvious choice, Thomas Cromwell's assessment of the religious and political pressures of the late 1530s led him to suggest one of the two daughters of the safely Protestant Duke of Cleves as a prospective bride. Anne was chosen, largely on the basis of her portrait, and traveled quickly to England to be Henry's new queen. The marriage, like Henry's others, was not a success and after a brief reign of just six months, Anne was 'a queen unqueened'. However she was still alive, divorced and wealthy and, unlike other portraits, this book covers her many succeeding years of independence. This is the fascinating story of one of the most powerful women in 16th Century Europe, and also an intriguing portrait of a loveless marriage.