Weir, A: Children of Henry VIII

Weir, Alison

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At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife, Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife, Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary", and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I.As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian's and the biographer's art.
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Weir, Alison
Titel
Weir, A: Children of Henry VIII
Uitgever
Random House Publishing Group
Jaar
1997
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
432
Gewicht
318 gr
EAN
9780345407863
Afmetingen
222 x 140 x 19 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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