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Henry VIII: Life at the Royal Court

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King Henry VIII of England was destined to become one of those monarchs whose name remains known throughout the world even centuries later. His appearance was captured in portraits by the great Renaissance painters, and the distinctive traits of his personality, which delighted, intrigued, and terrified his contemporaries, are abundantly evident in a wide variety of testimonies on the pages of historical documents. As are the details of his biography: over the centuries, it has become truly legendary, and today it inspires scholars, writers, and filmmakers to revisit the life of the royal court in that distant era. In her study, Alison Weir—a professional historian, writer, and acknowledged master of the royal chronicle genre—creates a rich and captivatingly human portrait of Henry VIII Tudor, equally at odds with the dry descriptions found in textbooks and the popular image of a king spent his life in coarse entertainment and the mindless pursuit of pleasure. The author reveals a different Henry—a powerful king who ruled in an era when the monarch's domestic and political lives were inextricably intertwined—and the brilliant, complex court he created and oversaw. Power struggles, wars, intrigues, victories, and defeats—Henry VIII's life was eventful; against this backdrop, surrounded by courtiers vying for the honor and reward of entry into the king's inner circle, the reader is presented with a truly majestic figure.
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