As she figures out her strategy to keep her position (and her man), "Waity Katie" might be wise to sit back and read these instructive books about Henry VIII's queens. This time around, let's hope only the lessons roll, with everyone's heads staying right where they belong.Dotinga,...
Sophie Roell:I also get very inspired by people’s enthusiasm about things I’m not remotely interested in, but if they are talking about it with just huge kind of enthusiasm, it’s hard not to be affected by that excitement. And it’s very inspiring to see it and say, “OK, I mig...
Loosely based on the life of 16th-century aristocrat Mary Boleyn, this definitely-not-historically-accurate historical novel tells the tale of how Mary fell for King Henry VIII before his ill-fated marriage to Queen Catherine…and before he fell in love with—and murdered—her sister, Anne. ...
The Books of King Henry VIII and his Wives In this fully illustrated book, with almost as many images as pages, James Carley presents the fruits of his earlier work on The Libraries of King Henry VIII to a wider readership through a larger landscape. The range of illustrative ma... M As...
King Henry VIII and his wives are among the most well-known historical figures in the world; their stories have become absorbed into Western culture through biographies, documentaries and dramatisations. However, what is still not greatly appreciated is that Henry VIII was one of the most intelli...
Three chapters including English Bookbinding Up to the Time of Henry VIII, Documentary Evidence Concerning Berthelet and His Work, and the Bookbindings of Thomas Berthelet with Detailed Descriptions. Ex-library copy with mark on spine, spine label has pieces missing, bookplate stamped "withdrawn" ...
The Tudors: Henry VII to Henry VIII 44.4 out of 5 stars. 4 customer reviews Paperback Quick look The Memphis murders, by Gerald Meyer (A Continuum book) 15.0 out of 5 stars. 1 customer reviews Hardcover Quick look livro the tudors the complete stor g j meyer Ed. 2010 Hardcover $149.98...
Loyalty and Heredity-- King Henry VIII covers the period of Henry's reign from shortly after he becomes king to the birth of Elizabeth, who would one day become queen and for whom the play was written. The firing of a cannon during the very first performance of this play caused a fire...
Peter K. Andersson.Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man. Princeton University Press, 2023.Assigned for Review. Jessie Hewitt.Institutionalizing Gender: Madness, the Family, and Psychiatric Power in Nineteenth-Century France.Cornell University Press, 2020.Assigned for Review. ...
And it is not just that history happened this way in some ethically neutral way. Great crimes were committed. And great was the role played by political corruption. Marx reviews British history starting in 1500, running from Henry VIII Tudor to William III Orange, and beyond: ...