<p>The women who married Henry VIII have become defined<br/>not by the way they lived but by the way their lives ended.<br/>They are seen as victims of a bloated tyrant, deserving pity, but not<br/>respect. However, have we under-estimated them and are historians right to<br/>have merely portrayed them as bit-part players in Henry's story?<br/>Using dramatic reconstruction and passionate narration,<br/>eminent historian and presenter Dr David Starkey focuses<br/>on the stories of the women themselves, revealing in<br/>intimate detail their experiences of sex, childbirth and the glamorous,<br/>dangerous life at court, including the deadly intrigues that dethroned<br/>them.</p>