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| Title:
The Life And Times Of Henry VIII – Robert Lacey |
Description: The accession of Henry VIII was greeted with rapture by his subjects: young, handsome, and open-handed, the new king seemed the antithesis of his careful and suspicious father, and he lost no time in making his Court the most colourful and extravagant in Europe. Yet this glamorous exterior only partly disguised the unpredictable and savagely ruthless nature of the King, and as his reign developed, these traits were to become increasingly evident. Henry’s desperate efforts to father a legitimate male heir for his kingdom led him to marry six times, to make himself Supreme Head of the English Church as well as absolute ruler of the State, and to cut down or cast aside all those who stood in his way, or who failed to carry out his wishes.
Robert Lacey traces the story of this bizarre figure from his vigorous youth to gross and immobile old age. We see Henry as the absolute ruler who raised the English monarchy to a pinnacle of arbitrary power, which it never achieved again, as the centre of a Court of immense brilliance and talent, and as a man who, despite his cruelty and unpredictability, could inspire men with loyalty and devotion to the end. |
| Author:
Robert Lacey was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was Assistant Editor of the Sunday Times Magazine. In 1971 his first book, ‘Robert, Earl of Essex, An Elizabethan Icarus’ was published. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published:
First published 1972 |
Edition:
This
edition 1972 |
| Jacket
Condition: Very good condition with purple cover with gold guilt on spine. Has pictured dust jacket which is also in good condition but has slight wear at the edges. |
| Book
Condition:
Very Good condition containing 224 pages, a great many of which contain black & white and colour illustrations. |
| Publisher:
George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd and BCA, London. |
| ISBN:
No number. |
Size
& Weight: 25.5 cm x 18.4 cm (H x W). 2.5 cm thick.
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