Prince Henry "the Navigator" : A Life (Paperback)

from CurrerBell

A decently competent biography, but it somehow doesn't particularly bring Henry alive. There's no discussion of his possible probable homosexuality notwithstanding frequent enough references to his "chastity" and his recognition fairly early in his life that he would never have any children, as a...

from tuckerresearch

An excellent work. Russell's clear writing, solid scholarship, and general knowledge of the era, nation, and man provide for an excellent biography. This is, bar none, the best biography of Prince Henry of Portugal there is (and probably, will be for a long time). Russell takes the slender thread...

from tuckerresearch

An excellent work. Russell's clear writing, solid scholarship, and general knowledge of the era, nation, and man provide for an excellent biography. This is, bar none, the best biography of Prince Henry of Portugal there is (and probably, will be for a long time). Russell takes the slender thread...