Henry VIII

by John Guy

Book Overview

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback

Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. Magnificent, tyrannical, a strong ruler, a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most notorious of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: a devout traditionalist who oversaw a cataclysmic rupture with the church in Rome; a talented,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141987324
• ISBN13: 9780141987323
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.0"