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Henry VIII / Jasper Ridley.
LIBRA - Furness Storage DA332 .R53 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ridley, Jasper Godwin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Henry.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- History
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 473 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Henry the Eighth
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fromm International Pub. Corp., 1986.
- Summary:
- Tells the story of Henry VIII's rule and of his genius for the exercise of power.
- Contents:
- Henry Tudor and his England
- The Prince of Wales
- The young king
- Guinegatte and Flodden
- Suffolk and Mary
- Wolsey
- Evil May Day
- The destruction of Buckingham
- The great enerprise
- The Holy League
- The king's great matter
- The trial at Blackfriars
- The destruction of Wolsey
- Which way?
- The break with Rome
- The Princess Dowager
- The oath
- The monasteries
- The destruction of Anne Boleyn
- Pole
- The pilgrimage of Grace
- The Duchess of Milan and Mary of Guise
- The shrines
- The destruction of Cromwell
- Katherine Howard
- Solway Moss
- The War for Boulogne
- Anne Askew
- The last purge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454) and index.
- Reprint. American ed. originally published: New York : Viking, ©1985.
- ISBN:
- 0880640669
- 9780880640664
- OCLC:
- 13668236
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