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Henry VIII / by A.F. Pollard ; introduction to the Torchbook edition by A.G. Dickens.
LIBRA - Special DA332 .P78 1966
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick), 1869-1948.
- Series:
- Harper torchbooks. Academy library ; TB1249.
- Harper torchbooks. The Academy library, TB1249
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Henry.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 385 pages : portraits ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper & Row, [1966]
- Summary:
- History of England during Henry's time.
- Contents:
- The early Tudors
- Prince Henry and his environment
- The apprenticeship of Henry VIII
- The three rivals
- King and cardinal
- From Calais to Rome
- The origin of the divorce
- The Pope's dilemma
- The cardinal's fall
- The king and his parliament
- "Down with the church"
- "The prevailing of the gates of hell"
- The crisis
- Rex et imperator
- The final struggle.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in 1902."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiv-xxv)-and index (pages 355-385).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pollard, A.F. (Albert Frederick), 1869-1948. Henry VIII.
- OCLC:
- 269950
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