TY - BOOK AU - Guy,John ED - Henry VIII TI - Henry VIII: the quest for fame T2 - Penguin monarchs SN - 9780141977126 U1 - 920 HEN PY - 2014/// PB - Allen Lane KW - Henry KW - Great Britain KW - Kings and rulers KW - Biography KW - History KW - Henry VIII, 1509-1547 N2 - 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 ER -