Divorced, executed, died, divorced, executed, survived...

These were the fates of the wives of Henry VIII. Life in the glitter of his crown was not easy for them. Their only duty was to give Henry a son, the heir to the throne. When that failed, the king began to look elsewhere. Henry was passionate, selfish, courageous, and towards the end of his life, paranoid and vindictive. He knew how to hate to the grave, which was recognized not only by his wives, but also by his friends and subjects, whom he executed by the thousands.

Not only Anne Boleyn, whose story is the most famous in our country, but also Katerina of Aragon, Jane Seymour, Katerina Howard, Katerina Parr and Anne of Cleves in the book let us see into their hearts and thoughts and show that being a queen is not just about wearing expensive clothes and jewels and shine at balls, the main thing takes place behind the walls of their chambers.

The book is intended for moderately advanced students of English. On each double page you will find a Czech mirror translation, which will allow you to check whether you have understood the foreign language text correctly. You can just read the stories, or listen to them on the way to school or work. Audio recordings of bilingual books in MP3 format, on which the story is told by a native speaker, can be found at albatrosmedia.cz, where you enter the name of the book in the search field, click on it, and the recordings can be found in the Downloads section.