Jane Seymour: Henry VIII's True Love

Elizabeth Norton

Amberley Publishing, May 15, 2009 - Queens - 240 pages

The first ever biography of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, who died in childbirth giving the king what he craved most - a son and heir.Jane Seymour is often portrayed as meek and mild and as the most successful, but one of the least significant, of Henry VIII's wives. The real Jane was a very different character, demure and submissive yet with a ruthless streak - as Anne Boleyn was being tried for treason, Jane was choosing her wedding dress. From the lowliest origins of any of Henry's wives her rise shows an ambition every bit as great as Anne's. Elizabeth Norton tells the thrilling life of a country girl from rural Wiltshire who rose to the throne of England and became the ideal Tudor woman.

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User Review  - beadinggem - LibraryThing

The author covered her life as best she could because Jane Seymour is the lest documented of all Henry's queens. The author made many assumptions about what Jane might have thought or felt because there were no surviving records.

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Jane Seymour is my faviorte because she had a son that anyone could ever want but king henry viii loved his wife and his son called Edward saldy Jane Seymour died after the baby was born 12 years :-) then came Anne of cleves when she came to henry loved her but Anne of cleves was ugly and semly and looked like a hourse so henry decided to divorce her that means she that you brake up with some body and don't wasn't them anymore :-) then came :-) khathrine Howard with Henry they were OK when henry found out that she had a secret boyfriend so she got beahed means that you get your head chopped of:-) then came khathrine parr which survived :-) then camechatrine of Aragon who was a Spanish prinsse who got divorced:-) then came Anne Boleyn who had a extre finger all together it make 11 fingers all together :-)  

Contents

• c 1508 c 1527: 7
• c 1527 1529: 17
• 1529 1533: 28
• August 1533 January 1535: 38
• January 1535 January 1536: 46
• January 1536 April 1536: 56
• 1 May 1536 19 May 1536: 67
• Summer 1536: 76
• Summer Autumn 1536: 87
• Autumn 1536: 100
• October 1536 December 1536: 112
• December 1536 Spring 1537: 123
• February 1537 15 October 1537: 135
• 16 October 1537 13 November 1537: 145
• Continued a Widower: 153
• Notes: 159
• Bibliography: 176
• List of Illustrations: 182
• Index: 187

About the author

Elizabeth Norton gained her first degree from the University of Cambridge, and her Masters from the University of Oxford. Her other books include Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves (both published by Amberley Publishing) and She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of England. She lives in Kingston Upon Thames.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Jane Seymour: Henry VIII's True Love
• Author: Elizabeth Norton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing, 2009
• ISBN: 184868102X, 9781848681026
• Length: 240 pages