Anna of Kleve

Newly widowed and the father of an infant son England's King Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to ensure the royal succession. Henry commissions a portrait of twenty-four-year-old Anna of Kleve from a small German duchy and is entranced by the lovely image. But when Anna arrives in England Henry is bitterly surprised by her appearance and knows he can never love her - so this awkward royal union must somehow be terminated. Will Henry accuse Anna of adultery as he did Queen Anne Boleyn and send her home in disgrace?--back cover