Troubled by religious unrest in his kingdom and changing alliances with

other countries, weighing most on King Henry VIII of England's mind is his

impending divorce to Queen Katherine of Aragon. The matter is of extreme

urgency, as the king desires an heir and has just met the woman who holds

his destiny -- Lady Anne Boleyn, eighteen and in the flower of youthful

beauty. But was their meeting by chance, or part of a plan devised by her

father for the furthering of his family?

As the new romance blooms, it causes heartache for the queen and headaches

for the king's personal chaplain, Cardinal Wolsey, who once worked on

behalf of the kingdom to organize diplomatic talks, but now toils to

obtain the Church's approval for the king's divorce. As loyalties are

questioned and the Church's influence is threatened by the emboldened

king, the fate of the kingdom lies in the balance.

An irresistible story of love, lust, ambition, and political intrigue,

this novelization of season one of The Tudors introduces us to a

young, virile king of one of the most powerful nations in the world, and

the women who will cause him to forever alter the course of history.

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