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03346aam a22006138i 4500 001 5144A8E8F08A11EDB88C213231ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240309011342 008 230203s2023 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023004984 020 $a 0593355067 020 $a 9780593355060 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23/eng/20230203 100 1 $a Weir, Alison, $d 1951- $e author. 245 14 $a The king's pleasure : $b a novel of Henry VIII / $c Alison Weir. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2305 264 1 $a New York : $b Ballantine Books, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his kingship, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others. He died a suspicious, obese, disease-riddled tyrant, old before his time. His reign is remembered as one of dangerous intrigue and bloodshed-and yet the truth is far more complex. 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Henry $b VIII, $c King of England, $d 1491-1547 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Henry VIII, 1509-1547 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Weir, Alison, 1951- $t King's pleasure $d New York : Ballantine Books, 2023 $z 9780593355077 $w (DLC) 2023004985 941 $a 25 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011916.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119020837.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20231226011243.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014352.0 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20231128011328.0 952 $l MTPB743 $d 20231115175648.0 952 $l KQPC446 $d 20231028020227.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20231021031746.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20231019031812.0 952 $l VOPB384 $d 20230920010659.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20230915010459.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230902014040.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20230902011530.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20230818014357.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230802012358.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230713113830.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011451.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230706011036.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230706010415.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230701010024.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015412.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230621011653.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20230621010045.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230607010142.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230606011222.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5144A8E8F08A11EDB88C213231ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search