Henry VIII: The King and His Court

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Random House Publishing Group, 18 de des. 2007 - 656 pàgines
For fans of Wolf Hall, Alison Weir’s New York Times bestselling biography of Henry VIII brilliantly brings to life the king, the court, and the fascinating men and women who vied for its pleasures and rewards.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weirs Mary Boleyn.

Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power, celebrated for his intellect, presided over the most stylish—and dangerous—court in Renaissance Europe. Scheming cardinals vied for power with newly rich landowners and merchants, brilliant painters and architects introduced a new splendor into art and design, and each of Henry's six queens brought her own influence to bear upon the life of the court. In her new book, Alison Weir, author of the finest royal chronicles of our time, brings to vibrant life the turbulent, complex figure of Henry VIII and the glittering court he made his own.

In an age when a monarch's domestic and political lives were inextricably intertwined, a king as powerful and brilliant as Henry VIII exercised enormous sway over the laws, the customs, and the culture of his kingdom. Yet as Weir shows in this swift, vivid narrative, Henry's ministers, nobles, and wives were formidable figures in their own right, whose influence both enhanced and undermined the authority of the throne. On a grand stage rich in pageantry, intrigue, passion, and luxury, Weir records the many complex human dramas that swirled around Henry, while deftly weaving in an account of the intimate rituals and desires of England's ruling class—their sexual practices, feasts and sports, tastes in books and music, houses and gardens.

Stimulating and tumultuous, the court of Henry VIII attracted the finest minds and greatest beauties in Renaissance England—poets Wyatt and Surrey, the great portraitist Hans Holbein, "feasting ladies" like Elizabeth Blount and Elizabeth FitzWalter, the newly rich Boleyn family and the ancient aristocratic clans like the Howards and the Percies, along with the entourages and connections that came and went with each successive wife. The interactions between these individuals, and the terrible ends that befell so many of them, make Henry VIII: The King and His Court an absolutely spellbinding read.

Meticulous in historic detail, narrated with high style and grand drama, Alison Weir brilliantly brings to life the king, the court, and the fascinating men and women who vied for its pleasures and rewards.

NOTE: This edition does not contain illustrations.

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The Triumphal Coronation
11
4
21
6
44
7
58
8
68
58
76
Innocent and Honest Pastimes
85
A Proud Horse Tamed and Bridled
234
Bound to Obey and Serve
375
The Suppression of the Religious Houses
382
So The Most Joyful News
390
SI The Very Pearl of the Realm
401
A Sort of Knaves
406
Nourishing Love
413
Displeasant Airs
419
I Have Been Young and Now Am Old
429

All the Enemies of England Are Gone
241
Next in Rank to His Majesty
247
The Establishment of Good Order
253
A Fresh Young Damsel
257
Master Hans
263
Noli Me Tangere for Caesars I Am
269
A Thousand Cases of Sweat
278
Back to Your Wife
284
Above Everyone Mademoiselle Anne
290
Squire Harry Will Be God and Do as He Pleases
301
Opprobrious Words
309
The Lady Marquess
316
The Triumph at Calais and Boulogne
321
Anna Regina Angliae
326
Here Anna Comes Bright Image of Chastity
332
The High and Mighty Princess of England
338
The Image of God upon Earth
344
That Thin Old Woman
353
Thunder Rolls around the Throne
363
Is Not the Queen Abed Yet?
437
Little Sweet Fool
445
A Nest of Heretics
451
The Good Expectations of the Kings Majesty
459
The Enterprise of Boulogne
468
The Worst Legs in the World
473
Painful Service
479
The Rarest Man That Lived in His Time
488
The Tudors and Their Rivals
498
Bibliography
500
Notes and References
540
II
549
12
555
16
561
List of Illustrations
617
Index
619
23
623
A Readers Guide
633
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Alison Weir is the author of Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Princes in the Tower, The Wars of the Roses, The Children of Henry VIII, The Life of Elizabeth I, and Eleanor of Aquitaine. She lives outside London with her husband and two children.

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