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The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story
Catherine Fletcher
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Description for The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story
Paperback. Henry, desperate to marry Anne Boleyn and ensure the Tudor line asks Pope Clement VII to grant him a divorce. Enter Gregorio Casali, an Italian diplomat hired to represent Henry's interests in the Vatican. This book combines a gripping family saga with a charged political battle between the Tudors and the Vatican. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports., geneal. tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
‘An eye-opening book, an intricate and fascinating story’ Hilary Mantel
1527. Henry, desperate to marry Anne Boleyn and ensure the Tudor line asks Pope Clement VII to grant him a divorce. Enter Gregorio Casali, an Italian diplomat hired to represent Henry’s interests in the Vatican. Through six years of persuasion, threats and bribery Casali lives by his wits, playing off one powerful patron against another, negotiating with ambassadors from Spain, France and beyond, each crowding the Vatican to press their interests in the Tudor break up. Before it is done, Henry will decide to divorce not just Catherine, but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099554899
SKU
V9780099554899
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About Catherine Fletcher
Catherine Fletcher is a historian of Renaissance and early modern Europe. Her other books include The Black Prince of Florence, ‘a spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence’ (Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard Books of the Year), and The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance, to be published in 2020. ... Read more
Reviews for The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story
An eye-opening book, an intricate and fascinating story of an elusive man with an impossible job. A brilliant and impressive feat of original research, and necessary reading for anyone fascinated by the story of Henry’s divorce... Catherine Fletcher has allowed the story to tell itself, except that she’s been so clever in the telling of it, cutting through to what ... Read more