Henry VIII and the Plantagenet Poles: The Rise and Fall of a Dynasty

Reveals how King Henry VIII targeted his royal cousins, the Pole family, fearing their stronger claims to the throne.

The story of King Henry VIII, a man who married six times only to execute two of those wives, is part of Great Britain’s national and international identity. Each year, millions of people walk around the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Hever Castle, plus many other historical sites, taking in and hoping to glean some sense of the man and the myth, and yet there is a...