While a Pope grateful for spiritual and political loyalty names Henry “Defender of the Faith,” fidelity is scarce in Henry’s court. His sister, Princess Margaret, marries the decrepit King of Portugal, only to murder him soon after and return to the lustful arms of Charles Brandon.
The Duke of Norfolk and Sir Thomas Boleyn continue to conspire against Cardinal Wolsey. And the King grows ever more enamored of Anne Boleyn. His increasing disinterest in his Queen—and the realization that he still hasn’t produced a legitimate heir to the Tudor dynasty—conjure an urgent desire for radical action.
Sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Henry’s subsequent wives, Lady Rochford helped arrange romantic trysts between Queen Katherine Howard and Thomas Culpepper.
Katherine left strong impressions on people—so much so that even her enemy, Thomas Cromwell, said ‘If not for her sex, she could have defied all the heroes of History.’
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While a Pope grateful for spiritual and political loyalty names Henry “Defender of the Faith,” fidelity is scarce in Henry’s court. His sister, Princess Margaret, marries the decrepit King of Portugal, only to murder him soon after and return to the lustful arms of Charles Brandon.
The Duke of Norfolk and Sir Thomas Boleyn continue to conspire against Cardinal Wolsey. And the King grows ever more enamored of Anne Boleyn. His increasing disinterest in his Queen—and the realization that he still hasn’t produced a legitimate heir to the Tudor dynasty—conjure an urgent desire for radical action.
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Sir Thomas Boleyn
A supremely selfish but brilliant political man, Thomas Boleyn knew of the King’s appetites, so he offered him his daughters.
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Sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Henry’s subsequent wives, Lady Rochford helped arrange romantic trysts between Queen Katherine Howard and Thomas Culpepper.
MoreQueen Katherine of Aragon
Katherine left strong impressions on people—so much so that even her enemy, Thomas Cromwell, said ‘If not for her sex, she could have defied all the heroes of History.’
MoreThomas Culpepper
Described as ‘a beautiful youth,’ he became Queen Katherine Howard’s lover.
MoreSir Francis Bryan
Aka ‘the Vicar of Hell,’ Sir Francis Bryan was a womanizer with loose morals and a missing eye (he lost it in a jousting accident).
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