Catherine of Aragon
is a stubborn Spanish princess, compelled to journey from her homeland to wed a stranger.
Anne Boleyn
is a cunning and smart mistress of a king, who will go great lengths in order to safeguard her reputation.
Jane Seymour
is a lady-in-waiting who requires and values love and family over everything else.
Anna of Cleves
finds herself unwittingly betrothed to an English royalty at the behest of her brother.
Kathryn Howard
is a young and lustful teenager, hiding a dark secret from her husband.
Katharine Parr
is an author laboring in a castle, unaware of the impending union with a future tyrant.
These names may ring a bell, for these six prospective queens will all eventually wed the same man- a choice that will exact a toll. Thirteen-year-old author, Lucy Arduino, retells the true story of the romance and tragedy of King Henry VIII and his six unlucky wives.