The English Monarchs Series: Henry VIII (Paperback)

from baswood

Maybe Henry was no more unaware and irresponsible than many Kings have been; but rarely, if ever, have the unawareness and irresponsibility of a king proved more costly of material benefits to his people Scarisbrick's biography published in 1968 cannot resist looking at its subject from a moral v...

from robeik

This book focuses on two intertwined matters that occupied the life of Henry VIII - how to divorce his first wife, and how to separate England and the crown from papal and Roman Catholic authority. The author spends a lot of time putting the documentary evidence in order. The story telling is smo...

from AlexTheHunn

Excellent, magisterial study of Henry VIII, the second Tudor monarch. For a man whose life has been so amply covered, this still remains one of the better works in the field.

from carterchristian1

An excellent biography and analysis of the role of the king of England in the complex environment of the times. The author makes it very clear that Henry was bright, as a young man beautiful, energetic, and not that interested in the role of being a serious king. Against this backdrop Wolsey make...

from rmckeown

The Tudor period has long held a fascination in my life, and the shelves of books I have on the period range from the truly thorough and scholarly to historic/romantic fiction. Scarisbrick clearly falls into the category of the former. When it came out, a lost review touted it as the definitive b...