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1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII
Suzannah Lipscomb
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Description for 1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII
Paperback. A revolutionary slice-of-life biography of one of England's most fascinating monarchs Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
One of the best-known figures of British history, collective memory of Henry VIII presents us with the image of a corpulent, covetous, and cunning king whose appetite for worldly goods met few parallels, whose wives met infamously premature ends, and whose religion was ever political in intent. 1536 - focusing on a pivotal year in the life of the King - reveals a fuller portrait of this complex monarch, detailing the finer shades of humanity that have so long been overlooked. We discover that in 1536 Henry met many failures - physical, personal, and political - and emerged ... Read more
One of the best-known figures of British history, collective memory of Henry VIII presents us with the image of a corpulent, covetous, and cunning king whose appetite for worldly goods met few parallels, whose wives met infamously premature ends, and whose religion was ever political in intent. 1536 - focusing on a pivotal year in the life of the King - reveals a fuller portrait of this complex monarch, detailing the finer shades of humanity that have so long been overlooked. We discover that in 1536 Henry met many failures - physical, personal, and political - and emerged ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lion UK
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
328g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745953328
SKU
V9780745953328
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About Suzannah Lipscomb
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is an historian, author, broadcaster and award-winning academic. Suzannah holds a BA (Hons) First in History and M.St. inHistorical Research from Lincoln College, Oxford, and a D.Phil. in History from Balliol College, Oxford. Following posts as Research Curator atHampton Court Palace, Lecturer in Early Modern History at the Universityof East Anglia, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History ... Read more
Reviews for 1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII
"The paradox of Henry VIII is brilliantly unravelled by Suzannah Lipscomb as she reveals the multiple nightmares of the King's annus horribilis.
Peter Furtado, former Editor of History Today "Fresh and lively, historically accurate and also entertaining... gives a chatty, original, readable and engaging account of the personal and political transformation of the man, the kingdom and the legend" ... Read more
Peter Furtado, former Editor of History Today "Fresh and lively, historically accurate and also entertaining... gives a chatty, original, readable and engaging account of the personal and political transformation of the man, the kingdom and the legend" ... Read more