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England Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1509-1547 (Henri VIII) Biographies Great Britain Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Biography Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography Kings and rulers Marriage Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England Catherine Howard -1542 Queens VIII, King of England Henry 1491-1547Norwich, John Julius
Summary: "John Julius Norwich--who the Wall Street Journal called "the very model of a popular historian"--has crafted a big, bold tapestry of the early sixteenth century, when Europe and the Middle East were overshadowed by a quartet of legendary rulers, all born within a ten-year period: Francis I of France, the personification of the Renaissance, who became a highly influential patron of the arts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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Summary: "Written with narrative flair and historical authority, this biography of the tragic life of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, breaks new ground in our understanding of the young, doomed woman who became queen at a time of unprecedented social and political tension. On the morning of July 28, 1540, as King Henry VIII's former confidant Thomas Cromwell was being led to his execution, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017