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"Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to ensure the royal succession. Forty-six, overweight, and suffering from gout, Henry is soundly rejected by some of Europe's most eligible princesses. Anna of Kleve, from a small German duchy, is twenty-four, and has a secret she is desperate to keep hidden. Henry commissions her portrait from his court painter, who depicts her from the most flattering perspective....
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Brill's studies in intellectual history volume 118/2
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Brill
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2005
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Da Capo Press
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2004.
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"Martin Cortes was the first, and illegitimate, son of the conquistador Hernan Cortes and a Native American woman - the legendary Malinche, who translated for Cortez during the conquest of the Aztecs. Taken from his mother as an infant, he was raised by paternal relatives. At six he went to Spain with his father to become a page in the service of the Spanish royal court. In his twenties, Martin served as a soldier in Spain's army. Returning to Mexico,...
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