{"product_id":"the-children-of-henry-viii","title":"The Children of Henry VIII","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn “engrossing narrative history” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) of the tempestuous years before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last White Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account, Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary heirs, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of “Bloody Mary,” and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian’s and the biographer’s art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Alison Weir’s sympathetic collective biography [reminds] us that human nature has changed—and for the better. . . . Weir imparts movement and coherence while re-creating the suspense her characters endured and the suffering they inflicted.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51167589663008,"sku":"9780345407863","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780345407863.jpg?v=1769735835","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/the-children-of-henry-viii","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}