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    Henry VIII: Man and Monarch5

    Mark Thwaite Has there ever been a more notorious British monarch than Henry? 2009 marked the 500th anniversary of the many-wifed one's accession to the throne and with it -- published to accompany a major exhibition at the British Library -- comes this chunky, fully illustrated and very beautiful catalogue.



    Anyone who has read e.g. David Starkey's Henry: Virtuous Prince will know that he, like all good historians, makes full use of all the archival material that is available concerning Henry and his times to make that era of our history come fully alive. Without a good archive to draw from, history is little more than guesswork.



    With Henry VIII: Man and Monarch keen armchair historians can see the Britsh Library's Henry archive for themselves. Starkey introduces us to Henry, the monarch and the man, contextualises his reign, and then each section of the book is itself introduced by another leading Reformation scholar. This sumptuously illustrated book contains reproductions of contemporary drawings, paintings, letters and other key 15th and 16th Century documents all of which build to bring Henry and his court into vivid relief.



    If you really want to know Henry, the virtuous Prince, the religious scholar and the tyrant, you could not do better than accompany a reading of Starkey's matchless Henry with this stunning catalogue. by Mark Thwaite

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