Author: James Gairdner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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The Reign of Henry VIII from His Accession to the Death of Wolsey
Author: James Gairdner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The Reign of Henry VIII
Author: James Gairdner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Reign of Henry VIII from His Accession to the Death of Wolsey
Author: John Sherren Brewer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
A “brilliantly written and meticulously researched” biography of royal family life during England’s second Tudor monarch (San Francisco Chronicle). Either annulled, executed, died in childbirth, or widowed, these were the well-known fates of the six queens during the tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England from 1509 to 1547. But in this “exquisite treatment, sure to become a classic” (Booklist), they take on more fully realized flesh and blood than ever before. Katherine of Aragon emerges as a staunch though misguided woman of principle; Anne Boleyn, an ambitious adventuress with a penchant for vengeance; Jane Seymour, a strong-minded matriarch in the making; Anne of Cleves, a good-natured woman who jumped at the chance of independence; Katherine Howard, an empty-headed wanton; and Katherine Parr, a warm-blooded bluestocking who survived King Henry to marry a fourth time. “Combin[ing] the accessibility of a popular history with the highest standards of a scholarly thesis”, Alison Weir draws on the entire labyrinth of Tudor history, employing every known archive—early biographies, letters, memoirs, account books, and diplomatic reports—to bring vividly to life the fates of the six queens, the machinations of the monarch they married and the myriad and ceaselessly plotting courtiers in their intimate circle (The Detroit News). In this extraordinary work of sound and brilliant scholarship, “at last we have the truth about Henry VIII’s wives” (Evening Standard).
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
A “brilliantly written and meticulously researched” biography of royal family life during England’s second Tudor monarch (San Francisco Chronicle). Either annulled, executed, died in childbirth, or widowed, these were the well-known fates of the six queens during the tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England from 1509 to 1547. But in this “exquisite treatment, sure to become a classic” (Booklist), they take on more fully realized flesh and blood than ever before. Katherine of Aragon emerges as a staunch though misguided woman of principle; Anne Boleyn, an ambitious adventuress with a penchant for vengeance; Jane Seymour, a strong-minded matriarch in the making; Anne of Cleves, a good-natured woman who jumped at the chance of independence; Katherine Howard, an empty-headed wanton; and Katherine Parr, a warm-blooded bluestocking who survived King Henry to marry a fourth time. “Combin[ing] the accessibility of a popular history with the highest standards of a scholarly thesis”, Alison Weir draws on the entire labyrinth of Tudor history, employing every known archive—early biographies, letters, memoirs, account books, and diplomatic reports—to bring vividly to life the fates of the six queens, the machinations of the monarch they married and the myriad and ceaselessly plotting courtiers in their intimate circle (The Detroit News). In this extraordinary work of sound and brilliant scholarship, “at last we have the truth about Henry VIII’s wives” (Evening Standard).
Reign of Henry Eighth from His Accession to the Death of Wolsey
Author: John S. Brewer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780404010720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN: 9780404010720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Life of Cardinal Wolsey
Author: George Cavendish
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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The Early Tudors
Author: David Rogerson
Publisher: Hodder Murray
ISBN: 9780719574849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This text offers an investigation into the history of Britain under the early Tudors from Henry VII to Mary, revealing the nature, achievements and failures of the dynasty.
Publisher: Hodder Murray
ISBN: 9780719574849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This text offers an investigation into the history of Britain under the early Tudors from Henry VII to Mary, revealing the nature, achievements and failures of the dynasty.
A General History of the Christian Era
Author: Anthony Guggenberger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Tudor Victims of the Reformation
Author: Lynda Telford
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473886171
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
This book describes a selection of people caught up in the turmoil that presaged the reformation - a period of change instigated by a king whose desire for a legitimate son was to brutally sweep aside an entire way of life. The most famous and influential of the victims were the two people closest to Henry VIII. His mentor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a great churchman and a diplomat of consummate skill. The other was to be the Kings second wife, Anne Boleyn. These two adversaries, equally determined to succeed, had risen above the usual expectations of their time. Wolsey, of humble birth, became a price of the church, enjoying his position to the full, before coming into conflict with a woman who had no intention of being another passing fancy for the king. She would become the mother of one of the greatest and most famous of Englands monarchs. They were brought down by the factions surrounding them and the selfish indifference of the man they thought they could trust. Though they succumbed to the forces aligned against them, their courage and achievements are remembered, and their places in history assured.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473886171
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
This book describes a selection of people caught up in the turmoil that presaged the reformation - a period of change instigated by a king whose desire for a legitimate son was to brutally sweep aside an entire way of life. The most famous and influential of the victims were the two people closest to Henry VIII. His mentor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a great churchman and a diplomat of consummate skill. The other was to be the Kings second wife, Anne Boleyn. These two adversaries, equally determined to succeed, had risen above the usual expectations of their time. Wolsey, of humble birth, became a price of the church, enjoying his position to the full, before coming into conflict with a woman who had no intention of being another passing fancy for the king. She would become the mother of one of the greatest and most famous of Englands monarchs. They were brought down by the factions surrounding them and the selfish indifference of the man they thought they could trust. Though they succumbed to the forces aligned against them, their courage and achievements are remembered, and their places in history assured.
The Reign of Henry VIII
Author: James Gairdner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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