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October 29, 2013

Book Review: The Spanish Queen

October 29, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, takes center stage in a new novel by Tudor historian Carolly Erickson

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September 15, 2012

Book Review: The Unfaithful Queen

September 15, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Young, vain, unfaithful Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife, regularly draws writers intent on finding heroism in her brief life & times; Carolly Erickson is the latest aspirant.

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January 04, 2012

Book Review: The Favored Queen

January 04, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A new novel tries to infuse life and drama into the mousy, deferential person of Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour

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