The Divorce of Henry VIII : The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican (Hardcover)

from kbuchanan

Catherine Fletcher's new book on Henry VIII's separation from Catherine of Aragon in favor of Anne Boleyn makes an attempt at breaking new ground, or at least different ground, on a much-covered area of British history. The US title of the book boasts that this is "the untold story from inside th...

from Angelic55blonde

I was intrigued by the premise of this book. There are numerous books out there on this topic, mainly that just focus on Henry, Anne, and Catherine. However, this is the first book I came across that focuses on Henry's ambassador and what he had to go through during this important time period. I ...

from waltzmn

The divorce of Henry VII from Catherine of Aragon was a tale of two sorts of politics: English politics and Papal politics. Most histories of the event are told from the English perspective. This one tries to get at the perspective from Italy. That's the good news. The bad news is, sometimes it g...

from briandrewz

This book was very difficult to get through. If you're looking for an account of Henry VIII's first divorce, you won't find it here. The story is mainly a biography of Henry's ambassador in Rome, Gregorio Casali. The book is well researched but it is difficult to read. Unless you are an avid scho...

from amschroe

If you like historical non-fiction and, especially, old school English drama, you will probably enjoy this book. An interesting and well-researched investigation of an overly investigated time in history. Henry VIII's divorces are stories that have been told so many times, and in so many differen...