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Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs)

By John Guy

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Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs)

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Charismatic, insatiable and cruel, Henry VIII was, as John Guy shows, a king who became mesmerized by his own legend - and in the process destroyed and remade England. Said to be a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most instantly recognizable of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: magnificent and vengeful; a devout traditionalist who oversaw a cataclysmic rupture with the church in Rome; a talented, towering figure who nevertheless could not bear to meet people's eyes when he talked to them. In this revealing new account, John Guy looks behind the mask into Henry's mind to explore how he understood the world and his place in it - from his isolated upbringing and the blazing glory of his accession, to his desperate quest for fame and an heir and the terrifying paranoia of his last, agonising, 54-inch-waisted years.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
2014-12-04
Publication Date:
2014-12-30
Publisher:
PENGUIN UK
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0141977124
ISBN13:
9780141977126
Weight:
210 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
185 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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