by sue.copsey | Feb 19, 2020 | Wife After Wife
Anne Boleyn Recreated in Wife After Wife as ice queen Ana Lyebon No character polarises Tudorphiles quite like Henry VIII’s second wife. Watch them spar in Tudor Facebook groups: Conniving seductress! Iconic feminist! She knew exactly what she was doing! She was a...
by sue.copsey | Mar 3, 2020 | Wife After Wife
Jane Seymour And so we come to Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, reincarnated in Wife After Wife as his secretary, Janette Morrissey. What interesting things can I find to say about Jane? Not a lot, to be honest. Did I say boring? I look at this painting and I’m...
by sue.copsey | Apr 15, 2020 | Wife After Wife
Anne Of Cleves Henry’s fourth wife was Anne of Cleves, reincarnated in Wife After Wife as Anki from Cleveland. People often feel sorry for Anne, rejected by Henry when she didn’t match up to her portrait. Like a disappointing profile pic. But I think of her as the...
by sue.copsey | Apr 15, 2020 | Wife After Wife
catherine howard And so to Wife #5, Catherine Howard, reincarnated in Wife After Wife as wild child Caitlyn Howe. Poor Catherine, a pretty, lively young thing thrown into the path of the ageing, widening, ulcerating (he wasn’t appealing by now) Henry, age 17(ish) to...
by sue.copsey | Apr 15, 2020 | Wife After Wife
catherine parr And so we come to the wife who famously survived, Catherine Parr, reincarnated in Wife After Wife as wise, intelligent Clare Barr Clare is Harry’s rock, and the only one of his wives who really understands what she’s getting into. The ‘Melton Constable’...
