The six wives of Henry VIII ([New] ed.)

The marital ups and downs of England's most infamous king.

The story of Henry VIII and his six wives has passed from history into legend - taught in the cradle as a cautionary tale and remembered in adulthood as an object lesson in the dangers of marrying into royalty.

The true story behind the legend, however, remains obscure to most people, whose knowledge of the affair begins and ends with the aide-memoire 'Divorced, executed, died, divorce, executed, survived'.