ysbel
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I just found an electronic version of David Starkey's book, 'Six Wives:the Queens of Henry VIII' on Google Books.
I've just read a few pages but it seems fascinating. Starkey takes a less favorable view of Catherine of Aragon than other authors although its difficult for me to tell whether he actually claimed that Catherine lied when she said her first marriage wasn't consummated.
The detail of the letters and first hand accounts that he reports is simply fascinating to the royal enthusiast. The negotiations between Henry VII and Ferdinand of Aragon to bring Catherine of Aragon to England seemed tedious and fraught with all sorts of political interference and the description of Catherine's household and its warring factions among the two camps and how the household was received by the English gives an inside glimpse into the private lives of the royals.
As I mentioned above, he does not seem to like Catherine of Aragon. He takes pains to mention that when Catherine and her first husband, Arthur, seemed to spontaneously turn to the crowd after they were married that the crowds called out in cheer for Arthur and the King, not Catherine.
Starkey also hosted a TV program based on his books and they can be found on YouTube.
YouTube - Katherine of Aragon's marriage to Prince Arthur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McY2yZgjvqQ&feature=related
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne Boleyn - Part One
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne Boleyn - Part Two
YouTube - David Starkey on Jane Seymour -- 1/2
YouTube - David Starkey on Jane Seymour -- 2/2
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne of Cleves -- 1/3
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne of Cleves - part 2/3
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne of Cleves -- part 3/3
YouTube - David Starkey on Katherine Howard - Part one
YouTube - David Starkey on Katherine Howard -- Part two
YouTube - David Starkey on Katherine Parr -- Part one
YouTube - David Starkey on Katherine Parr -- Part two
I've just read a few pages but it seems fascinating. Starkey takes a less favorable view of Catherine of Aragon than other authors although its difficult for me to tell whether he actually claimed that Catherine lied when she said her first marriage wasn't consummated.
The detail of the letters and first hand accounts that he reports is simply fascinating to the royal enthusiast. The negotiations between Henry VII and Ferdinand of Aragon to bring Catherine of Aragon to England seemed tedious and fraught with all sorts of political interference and the description of Catherine's household and its warring factions among the two camps and how the household was received by the English gives an inside glimpse into the private lives of the royals.
As I mentioned above, he does not seem to like Catherine of Aragon. He takes pains to mention that when Catherine and her first husband, Arthur, seemed to spontaneously turn to the crowd after they were married that the crowds called out in cheer for Arthur and the King, not Catherine.
Starkey also hosted a TV program based on his books and they can be found on YouTube.
YouTube - Katherine of Aragon's marriage to Prince Arthur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McY2yZgjvqQ&feature=related
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne Boleyn - Part One
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne Boleyn - Part Two
YouTube - David Starkey on Jane Seymour -- 1/2
YouTube - David Starkey on Jane Seymour -- 2/2
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne of Cleves -- 1/3
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne of Cleves - part 2/3
YouTube - David Starkey on Anne of Cleves -- part 3/3
YouTube - David Starkey on Katherine Howard - Part one
YouTube - David Starkey on Katherine Howard -- Part two
YouTube - David Starkey on Katherine Parr -- Part one
YouTube - David Starkey on Katherine Parr -- Part two
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