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02679aam a2200409 i 4500 001 9391C248794811EE8DD2691B42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231102012453 008 230831t20232023meuj d 000 f eng d 020 $a 9798885793087 (large print : hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1341260940 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d H4N $d UTW $d Z#6 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a PR6123.E36 $b K56 2023 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 Large print edition. 260 $a Waterville, ME : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2023. 300 $a 957 pages (large print) : $b genealogical charts ; $c 23 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. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Henry VIII, 1509-1547 $v Fiction. 651 7 $a Great Britain $x History $v Fiction. $2 sears 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710063651.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240604014807.0 952 $l YLPC314 $d 20240511010649.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314025343.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305022036.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20240126010108.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9391C248794811EE8DD2691B42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search