A richly-illustrated survey of the evolution of Henry VIII's reputation over 500 years by historians from Tudor times to the present. The formidable and arrogant figure was portrayed by Hans Holbein the Younger. He became the Tudor stud who clocked up no fewer than six wives and who sent the Pope packing, inaugurating the English Reformation.
A concise synthesis of England's most famous king, accompanied by a gallery of illustrations. Explains the evolution of Henry VIII's reputation and how it's been moulded through the centuries.
