Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs)

by John Guy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141977124
• ISBN13: 9780141977126
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.2"