The King's Pleasure: A Novel of Henry VIII -- Alison Weir - Hardcover
The King's Pleasure brings to life the idealistic monarch who expanded Parliament, founded the Royal Navy, modernized medical training, composed music and poetry, and patronized the arts. A passionate man in search of true love, he was stymied by the imperative to produce a male heir, as much a victim of circumstance as his unhappy wives. Had fate been kinder to him, the history of England would have been very different. Here is the story of the private man. To his contemporaries, he was a great king, a legend in his own lifetime. And he left an extraordinary legacy--a modern Britain.
Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 05/30/2023
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.07lbs
Size: 9.29h x 5.98w x 1.97d
ISBN: 9780593355060
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2022 pg. 10
Booklist 04/15/2023 pg. 25
Library Journal 04/13/2023 pg. 1
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2023
About the Author
Alison Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of The Last White Rose and the novels in the Six Tudor Queens series: Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife; Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen; Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait; Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen; Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession; and Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen, as well as numerous earlier novels. She has also written historical biographies that include her on-going four volume series, England's Medieval Queens.
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