The author gratefully acknowledges the following institutions for permitting her to
reproduce portraits from their collections in this book.

Margaret Beaufort (page 2 ): By permission of the Master and Fellows of St.
John's College, Cambridge. Catherine of Aragon (page 12 ): By permission of
the Mansell Collection, London. Henry VIII (page 26 ): By permission of
the Society of Antiquaries of London. Ann Boleyn (page 46 ): By permis-
sion of the Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Sir Thomas Wyatt (page 70 ): By permission of the Mansell Collection,
London. Thomas Cromwell (page 92 ): © The Frick Collection, New York.
Jane Seymour (page 116 ): By permission of the Mauritshuis Museum, The
Hague. Anne of Cleves (page 136 ): by Hans Holbein, Louvre Museum,
Paris, © Photo R. M.N. Kathryn Howard (page 158 ): By permission of the
Toledo Museum of Art. Katherine Parr (page 180 ): By permission of the
National Portrait Gallery, London. Mary I (page 204 ): By permission of
the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Elizabeth I (page 216 ): By
permission of the Mansell Collection, London.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lindsey Karen, 1944--
Divorced, beheaded, survived: a feminist reinterpretation of the
wives of Henry VIII / Karen Lindsey.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-201-60895-2
ISBN 0-201-40823-6 (pbk.)

1. Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547--Marriage. 2. Great
Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Biography. 3. Women--
England--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600. 4. Queens--Great
Britain--Biography. 5. Feminism. I. Title.

DA333.A2L56 1995

941.05'2'092--dc20

[B] 94-34505

CIP

Copyright © 1995 by Karen Lindsey

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