简介：<p>　　The women who married Henry VIII have become defined<br/>　　not by the way they lived but by the way their lives ended.<br/>　　They are seen as victims of a bloated tyrant, deserving pity, but not<br/>　　respect. However, have we under-estimated them and are historians right to<br/>　　have merely portrayed them as bit-part pla<x>yers in Henry's story?<br/>　　Using dramatic reconstruction and passionate narration,<br/>　　eminent historian and presenter Dr David Starkey focuses<br/>　　on the stories of the women themselves, revealing in<br/>　　intimate detail their experiences of sex, childbirth and the glamorous,<br/>　　dangerous life at court, including the deadly intrigues that dethroned<br/>　　them.</p>…