History cast in a new light — the reign of Henry VIII, readable in less than two and a half hours.
Henry VIII, the Reign
This concise yet wide-ranging book re-examines the reign of Henry VIII, questioning the popular reputation of the king as a hot-blooded tyrant. Drawing on the key events, personalities and parliamentary upheavals of the Tudor era, it presents a narrative that is as thought-provoking as it is accessible — designed to be read in a single sitting.
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“…This was Anne’s vision of the proper use of church endowments. Parker went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury and a principal architect of Anglicanism in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Cromwell, however, was having none of that. In his plan the bastions of Catholicism that Anne wished only to reform were instead to be sent crashing to the ground by hammer, by wrecking bar, or if needs be by gunpowder…”
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