Henry VIII: the quest for fame
Guy, John
Henry VIII: the quest for fame - Allen Lane 2014 - 160 pages - Penguin monarchs .
Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. Magnificent, tyrannical, a strong ruler, a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most notorious of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: a devout traditionalist who oversaw a cataclysmic rupture with the church in Rome; a talented, charismatic, imposing figure who nevertheless could not bear to meet people's eyes when he talked to them. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in
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Henry 1491-1547 VIII King of England
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547
920 HEN
Henry VIII: the quest for fame - Allen Lane 2014 - 160 pages - Penguin monarchs .
Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. Magnificent, tyrannical, a strong ruler, a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most notorious of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: a devout traditionalist who oversaw a cataclysmic rupture with the church in Rome; a talented, charismatic, imposing figure who nevertheless could not bear to meet people's eyes when he talked to them. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in
9780141977126 0141977124
100=NOTNACO 600=NOTNACO
Henry 1491-1547 VIII King of England
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547
920 HEN