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Dec 16, 2014
"Twice my life has turned on the step of a girl through a doorway," explains Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's future third wife. At 15, Jane experienced firsthand the scandal that arose when her brother Edward brought home his new bride, only to banish her to a convent amid allegations of infidelity. Later, sent to the royal court as a maid of honor to Catherine of Aragon, Jane again witnesses a once-beloved wife cast aside - this time, in favor of another woman, and in a manner that foreshadows Jane's own fate. For more fictional depictions of the scandals and intrigues of the Tudor court, try Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy; for about Jane Seymour, check out Carolly Erickson's The Favored Queen. Historical Fiction newsletter December 2014.