The highly-anticipated biography of Henry VIII. The significance of his reign is, at times, overshadowed by his six marr
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English Pages xiii, 413 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly Year 2008
Table of contents :
Family tree --
Introduction --
Entry into the world --
Ancestors --
The heir --
Infancy --
Duke of York --
Rival dukes --
Education --
Weddings --
The last pretender --
Funerals --
Re-education --
To court --
Religion --
Philip --
Jousting --
Dying --
End --
King --
First steps --
"Virtue, glory, immortality" --
Coronation --
"I saw a new heaven and a new earth" --
Breaking free : William Compton --
Married life --
Friends and brothers --
Wolsey.