The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards

Everybody knows the destiny of Henry VIII’s six wives: divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. But behind this familiar story, lies a far more complex truth: the extraordinary tales of the other women Henry loved but never married, the mistresses who became queens—and of his many illegitimate children, both acknowledged and not.

The Other Tudors: Henry VIII’s Mistresses and Bastards takes us deep into the web of secrets and deception at the Tudor Court, bringing together for...