Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. Six lives summed up in a school rhyme. The women who married Henry VIII have become defined not by the way they lived but by the way their lives ended. They are seen as victims of a bloated tyrant, deserving pity, but not respect. However, have we under-estimated them and are historians right to have merely portrayed them as bit-part players in Henry's story? In this DVD Dr David Starkey reveals them to be vibrant, powerful individuals ...
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A fascinating documentary about serial polygamist Henry VIII and his six wives Presented by eminent historian David Starkey
Historian and presenter, David Starkey, in a four disk collection, looks at the six wives of King Henry VIII and assesses whether they were weak victims of a tyrranical king or whether they deserve respect for their behaviour when faced with exile or death.
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