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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Starz original series The White Queen comes the story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England. Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VII's claim to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the White Princess) and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married off to...
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No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. David Starkey argues that the king was not a depraved philanderer but someone seeking happiness-and a son. Knowingly or not, he elevated a group of women to extraordinary heights and changed the way a nation was governed.