Henry VIII fell deeply in love with falling in love; Six women and the history of Western culture hung on his heart.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: July 24, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Melissa Bennetts

Following his father's death in 1509, the 17-year-old Henry Tudor, now King Henry VIII, married his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. She was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, sponsors of Christopher Columbus and more controversially of the Spanish Inquisition.

Then some 16 years later, one daughter and many miscarriages later, Henry laid eyes on Anne Boleyn - dazzling, witty, beautiful, intelligent, musical, the perfect cou...

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