
Fatal Throne: the Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
Random House Children's Books · Paperback · February 18, 2020
Perfect for anyone playing the Six soundtrack on repeat who wants to discover more about the six wives of Henry VIII!
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- Who it’s for
- A serious, story-forward take on Tudor history with conversation-bait built in.
- Genres
- Historical YA - Europe, Royalty Stories for Teens, YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Published
- Random House Children's Books, February 18, 2020
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Perfect for anyone playing the Six soundtrack on repeat who wants to discover more about the six wives of Henry VIII! This is an edge-of-your-seat reimagining of the romance and tragedy that defined them, told from multiple points of view by award-winning and bestselling authors. If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? The subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard?
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Or would you survive like Anna of Cleves? Meet all Henry's queens--each bound for divorce or death--in this epic novel that reads like fantasy but really happened. Watch spellbound as each wife attempts to survive their unpredictable king as he grows more obsessed with producing a male heir. And discover how the power-hungry court fanned the flames of Henry's passions . . . and his most horrible impulses. Brought to life by seven award-winning and bestselling authors, here is an intimate look at the royals during one of the most treacherous times in history, perfect for anyone fascinated by Britain's Royal Family or Netflix's The Crown. "Ambitious and exciting." --Bustle "These stories of love, lust, power and intrigue never fail to fascinate." --Shelf Awareness, Starred Review Who's Who: M. T. Anderson - Henry VIII Candace Fleming - Katharine of Aragon, wife #1 Stephanie Hemphill - Anne Boleyn, wife #2 Lisa Ann Sandell - Jane Seymour, wife #3 Jennifer Donnelly - Anna of Cleves, wife #4 Linda Sue Park - Catherine Howard, wife #5 Deborah Hopkinson - Kateryn Parr, wife #6
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A serious, story-forward take on Tudor history with conversation-bait built in.
Come here for
- interlocking voices
- court intrigue with a sharper-than-usual edge
Expect
- historical fiction
- smart, sustained narrative momentum
Where it sits
| Royalty Stories for Teens | 96% |
|---|---|
| YA Stories About Girls & Women | 61% |
| Historical YA - Europe | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Biographical Fiction
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Medieval YA
- Authors
- M. T. Anderson, Candace Fleming, Stephanie Hemphill
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- February 18, 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Biographical Fiction