margaret george the autobiography of henry viii

The inaccuracies are more niggling details - clothing, lack of appropriate deference in speech, medical treatments, everyone being at the wrong palace for a pivotal moment when we know they were actually elsewhere, wrong execution methods, Henry being able to sneak out and spy on common people as if he wasn't forever surrounded by bodyguards and hangers-on. (New discoveries since have dated some parts).

It's clearly very well researched for the 80s. The characters are well done (Anne Boleyn is super shallow and neurotic but then this is from Henry's POV so it makes sense he'd put the worst possible spin on her). I particularly like how present religion is in every facet of life. The biggest problems with it are all very minor but jarring ones (almost because they are so minor, if that makes sense).Īll the main historical beats are there, and the culture of the time is very accurately presented over all. This is a subreddit for discussion of all people who lived in the Tudor period and the historical ideas surrounding them. Seriously, this is a history subreddit, why are you even contemplating putting that here.Ħ) No blogspam or blatant self-promotion (e.g 'look at this book I just wrote').ħ) This is NOT a subreddit just about the monarchy. If you have a brain, you'll know the difference.ĥ) No submitting gore, porn etc. It is NOT OK to say 'women are inferior'.

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Margaret george the autobiography of henry viii