Henry VIII and His Court / 6th edition

The volume presents concise, impressionistic sketches of the Tudor king and the leading figures of his court, combining character portraits, episodes from Wolsey's fall, the queen's steadfastness, and Anne Boleyn's role with discussions of the divorce and the religious changes that followed. It interleaves historical narrative with observations on manners and customs of the period, production notes for a stage performance of Shakespeare's play, and a chronological appendix, and is illustrated with portrait plates. Written as an aid to theatregoers, the work privileges theatrical and personal portraiture over exhaustive political history.