King's Fool

By: Margaret Campbell Barnes

Will Somers was friend as well as Fool to the Tudor family. This seems to be proved not only by the many stories told of him at the time, but also by the fact that he was painted with Henry the Eighth for one of the few illustrations in the King's own psalter which is now in the British Museum, and that he appears in the background of other Tudor Family groups. He knew all six of Henry's wives and lived just long enough to see each of that monarch's three children come to the throne. Queen Mary the First and Queen Elizabeth the First each gave Will an annuity. The outline of his life and many of the incidents and conversations used in the story are founded on contemporary records, and the way he is normally portrayed shows him to have been a popular and well-loved character.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000HLQ83K
• Release Date: January 1959
• Publisher: Macrae Smith Company
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.1"