Elizabeth Goldring

At last we see Henry VIII’s wives as individuals

Specialist knowledge of Tudor portraiture, book bindings, music and jewellery enables us to see each woman anew, possessed of a distinct life and afterlife

Holbein’s flattering portrait of Anne of Cleves contributed to the fall of Thomas Cromwell – but the artist, unlike Cromwell, kept his head. [Bridgeman Images] 
issue 15 June 2024
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  • Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens

    Charlotte Bolland, with others

    National Portrait Gallery Publications, pp. 224, £35

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