Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame (Penguin Monarchs)
By John Guy.
Description
One of the most charismatic leaders to sit on the English throne 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...
ISBN(s)
0141977124, 9780141977126
