LAST DAYS OF HENRY VIII: Conspiracies, Treason and Heresy at the Court of the Dying Tyrant

A terrifying picture of life at the court of the dying Henry VIII when fear and paranoia stalked the land, and scheming courtiers fought over the succession.

Our image of Henry VIII is either that of the lusty young monarch, fond of hunting, jousting and music - or of the king in his prime, as portrayed by his court artist Holbein: corpulent, masterful and magnificent. Robert Hutchinson, by contrast, concentrates on Henry in his declining years : corpulence has turned into obesity; arrogance into tyranny; and suspicion into mad paranoia : life at Henry’s court has become a feverish nightmare of fear and hatred, in which only the most cruel and cunning survive. Informed by a deep knowledge of the Reformation and the Tudor period, Hutchinson’s book paints a terrifying portrait of a prematurely old, sick and dying king as rival courtiers and religious factions fight like wild cats for power. An enthralling, full-blooded read with much new material on a dark period in the nation’s story.

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Product Code:	10495
Author:	Robert Hutchinson
ISBN:	9 780297 846116
Format:	367pp, colour photographs, hb. Published Price £20.00
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