Henry VIII. Life at the Royal Court
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Henry VIII. Life at the Royal Court
19.99 €
15.99 €
The English King Henry VIII was destined to become one of those monarchs whose name is known to the whole world even after several centuries. His appearance was captured in portraits by great Renaissance painters, the characteristic features of his personality, which delighted, intrigued and frightened his contemporaries, appear in abundance in the most diverse testimonies on the pages of historical documents. As well as the details of his biography: over the centuries it has become truly legendary, and today it encourages scientists, writers, and directors to return again and again to the life of the royal court in that distant era. In her study, Alison Weir, a professional historian, writer and acknowledged master of the genre of royal chronicles, creates a voluminous and fascinatingly human portrait of Henry VIII Tudor, equally far removed from the dry descriptions from the pages of a textbook, and from the popular culture image of a king who spends his life in coarse entertainment and mindless pursuit of pleasure. The author shows us a different Henry - a powerful king who ruled in an era when the domestic and political life of the monarch were inextricably intertwined - and the brilliant, complex court that he created himself and whose life he ruled. The struggle for power, wars, intrigues, victories and defeats - the life of Henry VIII was eventful; against this background, surrounded by courtiers vying for the honor and reward of getting into the king's inner circle, the reader is presented with a truly majestic figure of Henry VIII.
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