![]() ![]() ![]() However, this section could have been shorter and more concise, allowing more space to look at the actual topic the book is written about.Ĭitations: I didn’t like how Loades wrote his citations as endnotes rather than footnotes. ![]() What is interesting is his outline of other key political marriages from the fifteenth century, which set a pattern for the sixteenth. Preface: Loades’s introduction adds some contextual information of the world of sixteenth century politics in which these women were key players. What is lacking about this and similar titles is that it isn’t very imaginative and suggests that the author will simply be looking at the same things that have been covered before. It’s simple and straight to the point, making it clear what the book is about. ![]() Title: There seems to be quite a lot of books entitled The Six Wives of Henry VIII or something very similar, including works by David Starkey, Antonia Fraser and Alison Weir. ‘The Six Wives of Henry VIII’ by David Loades (2010).ĭavid Loades, ‘The Six Wives of Henry VIII’ (Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2010) Paperback, ISBN 978-1-4456-0049-9 ![]()
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