Autobiography of Henry VIII George, Margaret

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Product Description An extraordinary novel that brings into vivid focus the larger-than-life King Henry VIII, monarch of prodigious appetites for wine, women, and song. This is a readable, entertaining, tour de force that captures the essence of the Sixteenth Century, in all its drama and atmosphere. A can’t-miss for readers who delight in wonderful historical fiction perfectly rendered.”It doth brim with lust, violence, cruelty and lively conversation…Margaret George has found a new and fresh way to tell the story.”DETROIT FREE PRESS From Publishers Weekly George presents a romanticized Henry VIII and fails to capture the “brilliance, the cunning or the ruthlessness of the grim monarch who tore down monasteries to fill his coffers, executed two of his six wives and sacrificed friend and enemy alike for political expediency,” PW commented. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. From the Inside Flap nary novel that brings into vivid focus the larger-than-life King Henry VIII, monarch of prodigious appetites for wine, women, and song. This is a readable, entertaining, tour de force that captures the essence of the Sixteenth Century, in all its drama and atmosphere. A can’t-miss for readers who delight in wonderful historical fiction perfectly rendered.”It doth brim with lust, violence, cruelty and lively conversation…Margaret George has found a new and fresh way to tell the story.”DETROIT FREE PRESS