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The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn & Other Correspondence & Documents Concerning the King and His Wives (Hardcover)
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The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn & Other Correspondence & Documents Concerning the King and His Wives (Hardcover)
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The king and his wives-letters and documents
History is full of notable figures, but far fewer in number are
those who have become iconic. An indisputably iconic figure, even
among the many great kings of England, is the towering figure of
the Tudor monarch, King Henry VIII. He was, of course, the father
of Queen Elizabeth I, Gloriana, an equally renowned monarch of her
own golden age. She sought always to be and be seen as her father's
daughter, but posterity preserves what it will of a life in the
public consciousness and so aside from Henry's unmistakable and
imposing personal appearance what is most remembered of him by many
is that he was married on six occasions and habitually terminated
his relationships with an axe at the executioner's block-though
this occurred only twice perhaps indicating more moderation in
Henry's character as a husband than he is usually credited with.
There has always been something seductively attractive about this
powerful man, capable of great tenderness and romance, an artist,
poet and musician-and yet a ruthless and unscrupulous tyrant
capable of incredible insensitivity and cruelty. This volume
contains an engrossing selection of correspondence, reports and
other documents concerning Henry and his wives. The central part of
the book is a famous collection of love letters sent by the king to
his second wife Anne Boleyn, one of his spouses who lost her head
to be superceded by another beauty of the court Jane Seymour, one
of Anne's ladies in waiting. In this special and unique Leonaur
edition these letters are added to by the inclusion of
correspondence and other documents concerning the fate of Henry's
sometimes unfortunate women and the events that surrounded
them.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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