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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
January 15, 2015
Pages
258
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780198700876
ISBN-10
0198700873
Dimensions
1 by 5 by 7 in.
Weight
0.80 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$16.95
Other format details
university press
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The Trial of Charles I | Early Modern England 1485-1714 | New Worlds, Lost Worlds | 1066 | The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England | Three Early Modern Utopias | 1215 | Winter King | The Heart and Stomach of a King
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Behind the facade of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama.
Nothing drove Henry VIII, England's wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and so perpetuating his dynasty. To that end, he married six wives, became the subject of the most notorious divorce case of the sixteenth century, and broke with the pope, all in an age of international competition and warfare, social unrest and growing religious intolerance and discord.
Henry fathered four living children, each by a different mother. Their interrelationships were often scarred by jealously, mutual distrust, sibling rivalry, even hatred. Possessed of quick wits and strong wills, their characters were defined partly by the educations they received, and partly by events over which they had no control.
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, although recognized as the king's son, could never forget his illegitimacy. Edward died while still in his teens, desperately plotting to exclude his half-sisters from the throne. Mary's world was shattered by her mother's divorce and her own unhappy marriage. Elizabeth was the most successful, but also the luckiest. Even so, she lived with the knowledge that her father had ordered her mother's execution, was often in fear of her own life, and could never marry the one man she truly loved.
Henry's children idolized their father, even if they differed radically over how to perpetuate his legacy. To tell their stories, John Guy returns to the archives, drawing on a vast array of contemporary records, personal letters, and first-hand accounts.
Nothing drove Henry VIII, England's wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and so perpetuating his dynasty. To that end, he married six wives, became the subject of the most notorious divorce case of the sixteenth century, and broke with the pope, all in an age of international competition and warfare, social unrest and growing religious intolerance and discord.
Henry fathered four living children, each by a different mother. Their interrelationships were often scarred by jealously, mutual distrust, sibling rivalry, even hatred. Possessed of quick wits and strong wills, their characters were defined partly by the educations they received, and partly by events over which they had no control.
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, although recognized as the king's son, could never forget his illegitimacy. Edward died while still in his teens, desperately plotting to exclude his half-sisters from the throne. Mary's world was shattered by her mother's divorce and her own unhappy marriage. Elizabeth was the most successful, but also the luckiest. Even so, she lived with the knowledge that her father had ordered her mother's execution, was often in fear of her own life, and could never marry the one man she truly loved.
Henry's children idolized their father, even if they differed radically over how to perpetuate his legacy. To tell their stories, John Guy returns to the archives, drawing on a vast array of contemporary records, personal letters, and first-hand accounts.
Editions
Hardcover
from Oxford Univ Pr (May 8, 2013)
9780192840905 | details & prices | 258 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.02 lbs | List price $27.95
Paperback
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Reissue edition from Oxford Univ Pr (January 15, 2015)
9780198700876 | details & prices | 258 pages | 5.00 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $16.95
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About: Behind the facade of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama.
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