London, October 1905.

CONTENTS

PAGE
[CHAPTER I]
1488-1501
INTRODUCTORY—WHY KATHARINE CAME TO ENGLAND—POLITICAL MATRIMONY [1]
[CHAPTER II]
1501-1509
KATHARINE’S WIDOWHOOD AND WHY SHE STAYED IN ENGLAND [25]
[CHAPTER III]
1509-1527
KATHARINE THE QUEEN—A POLITICAL MARRIAGE AND A PERSONAL DIVORCE [72]
[CHAPTER IV]
1527-1530
KATHARINE AND ANNE—THE DIVORCE [124]
[CHAPTER V]
1530-1534
HENRY’S DEFIANCE—THE VICTORY OF ANNE [174]
[CHAPTER VI]
1534-1536
A FLEETING TRIUMPH—POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND THE BETRAYAL OF ANNE [225]
[CHAPTER VII]
1536-1540
PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT—JANE SEYMOUR AND ANNE OF CLEVES [289]
[CHAPTER VIII]
1540-1542
THE KING’S “GOOD SISTER” AND THE KING’S BAD WIFE—THE LUTHERANS AND ENGLISH CATHOLICS [350]
[CHAPTER IX]
1542-1547
KATHARINE PARR—THE PROTESTANTS WIN THE LAST TRICK [398]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Henry VIII[Frontispiece]
From a portrait by Jost Van Cleef in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace.
Katharine of AragonTo face page[96]
From a portrait by Holbein in the National Portrait Gallery.
Anne Boleyn " "[192]
From a portrait by Lucas Cornelisz in the National Portrait Gallery.
Jane Seymour " "[288]
From a painting by Holbein in the Imperial Collection at Vienna.
Anne of Cleves " "[336]
From a portrait by a German artist in St. John’s College, Oxford.Photographed by the Clarendon Press, and
reproduced by the kind permission of the President of St. John’s College.
Katharine Howard " "[384]
From a portrait by an unknown artist in the National Portrait Gallery.
Katharine Parr " "[400]
From a painting in the collection of the Earl Of Ashburnham.Reproduced by the kind permission of the owner.
Henry VIII " "[432]
From a portrait by Holbein in the possession of the Earl ofWarwick. Reproduced by the kind permission of the owner.