Henry VIII: the quest for fame
by Guy, John; Henry VIII.
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BookSeries: Penguin monarchs.Publisher: Allen Lane 2014ISBN: 9780141977126; 0141977124.Classification number: 920 HENSubject(s): Henry King of England 1491-1547 | Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547Subject: 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 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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