henry viii, 1509-1547

Presents Shakespeare's history play about Henry VIII, which dramatizes the king's political struggles with Cardinal Wolsey and his controversial marriage to Anne Boleyn. Also includes a scholarly introduction, an essay on Shakespeare's theatrical world, and explanatory notes.

Biographies of the six queens who were the wives of Henry the VIII of England drawn from early biographies, memoirs, and diplomatic reports.

When Elizabeth I assumes the throne of England, she is given the secret diary of her mother Anne Boleyn, who was betrayed and beheaded by her husband Henry VIII. In reading the diary she learns about her mother's life and determines to heed the lessons of her mother's difficult life.

A fictionalized account of the life of Katherine of Aragon, daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, discussing her passionate marriage to England's Prince Arthur, and telling how she had to deny their love after his death in order to marry his brother Henry and claim her rightful place as queen.

A biography concentrating on the childhood of the queen who, during her forty-five-year reign, changed England from a minor country into a world power.

Tells the story of Henry VIII's rule and of his genius for the exercise of power.

Details the historical events of the reign of Henry VIII of England with emphasis on his six marriages.

In 16th-century England, lawyer Matthew Shardlake serves Lord Thomas Cromwell, an advisor to King Henry VIII; Shardlake enters a hellish cauldron of personal, social, and political upheaval as he starts to doubt Cromwell's methods.

A brief account of the life of that complex personality, King Henry VIII of England.

Traces the history of the Protestant Reformation and discusses the actions of King Henry VIII in starting a new religion in England.