Monarch and Conspirators (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: John Van Duyn Southworth
- First Published: 1973
- Time of Work: 1485–1603
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Henry VIII, Catherine Of Aragon, Mary I, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Jane Seymour, Edward VI, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Wives, Marriage, England or English people, Divorce, Kings, queens, or royalty, Biography, Monarchy
- Locales: England
Form and Content
Monarch and Conspirators: The Wives and Woes of Henry VIII, by John Van Duyn Southworth, narrates the life and times of one of England’s most colorful and controversial monarchs. Although focusing on Henry VIII and his immediate family, Southworth not only tells Henry’s unusual marital history but also describes England’s rise to the status of a major European power and its break from allegiance to the Roman Catholic church. The book’s central theme is the establishment of the house of Tudor and its quest for dynastic security. Southworth...
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