Jane Seymour: Henry VIII’s favourite queen

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🗓️ 24 May 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Bestselling author and historian Alison Weir discusses the life and tragic death of the Tudor king’s third wife, who bore him his long-awaited male heir. Alison also reveals the challenges of recreating Jane for her new historical novel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:22.3	who had the moral courage to stand up for the things about which she really cared. And that meant
1:28.8	challenging Henry VIII on two occasions. That was Alison Weir talking about Henry VIII's third wife,
1:37.4	Jane Seymour. You're listening to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine,
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2:23.4	magazine. Today's interviews with the best-selling historian and author Alison Weir,
2:30.4	who's written several biographies of medieval and Tudor-era royals.
2:35.8	Her latest venture is a six-part series of historical novels on Henry VIII's Wives,
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