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 三九 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