Shakespeare's drama of court intrigue and ceremony is presented in the Alexander text with still photographs and commentary from the BBC production directed by Kevin Billington
Alison Weir's sympathetic collective biography, The Children of Henry VIII does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed--and for the better. . .
In this extraordinary work of sound and brilliant scholarship, “at last we have the truth about Henry VIII’s wives” (Evening Standard).
Profiles the oft-married English monarch and the women that came to define him through marriage, detailing their little-known histories and personalities.
King Henry VIII has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition...
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When Henry recovered , he took Jane on a short pilgrimage - his last — through Kent , visiting Rochester , Sittingbourne , and Canterbury , where they made offerings at the shrine of St. Thomas Becket , which would be destroyed the ...
In this fascinating and often surprising new biography, Tracy Borman reveals Henry's personality in all its multi-faceted, contradictory glory.
When 17-year-old Henry Tudor ascended to the English throne, his reign looked promising. But by the time of his death in 1547, King Henry VIII was characterized as an extremely harsh, insecure king.
A realistic portrait of the sixteenth century English king and of the personalities who dominated his times.
A biography of Henry VIII that focuses on the personality, rather than the reign, of the Tudor monarch.