Very nice book with light wear. Same ISBN and year, cover art is different. Additional Details ------------------------------ Subject keyword: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,Britain's Royal Families; Children of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth of York; henry VIII; Henry VIII: King and Court; historical fiction; historical writing; Innocent Traitor; Isabella: She-Wolf of France; Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess; Mary, Queen of Scots; The Lady Elizabeth; The Six Wives of Henry VIII; tudor court,History: World & General Product description: This magnificent new book is Alison Weir's greatest a detailed biography of Henry VIII, set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most magnificent court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. Seen from this new perspective, Henry VIII emerges as a fully-rounded and realistic personality, not the two-dimensional caricature of popular misconception. This book is not just an entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence, but a comprehensive analytical study of the development of both monarch and court during a crucial period in English history. As well as challenging some recent theories, it offers controversial new conclusions based on contemporary evidence that has until now been overlooked. This is a triumph of historical writing which will appeal equally to the general reader and the serious historian.'A glittering evocation of the Tudor Court, its splendour as well as its vulgarity - a responsive, rounded portrait' - "Daily Telegraph". 'Weir has used colourful, fresh material (much of it from unpublished archives and letters), to recreate early sixteenth-century European life and thought, within which she sets the larger-than-life figure of the king - a compelling, readable account of the life and times of the king who put England firmly on the map of power politics' - Lisa Jardine, "Literary Review".