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David Starkey.
Henry: Virtuous Prince.
Published London: Harper Press, 2008.
ISBN 9780007247714.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives.
Size: 162x240x39mm.
Page count: xv,413 plus 24pp.
Main language: English.
Overall conditon good: this is an ex-display copy so shows some evidence of handling, a small patch of sticky residue on the front panel of the dustjacket, but otherwise unused.

This item £2.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £25.00]
Weight without packaging: 834g.

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Looks at the early life of Henry VIII, and examines the forces and influences that moulded him.

Contents: Entry into the world; Ancestors; The heir; Infancy; Duke of York; Rival dukes; Education; Weddings; The last pretender; Funerals; Re-education; To court; Religion; Philip; Jousting; Dying; End; King; First steps; 'Virtue, glory, immortality'; Coronation; 'I saw a new heaven and a new earth…'; Breaking free — William Compton; Married life; Friends & brothers; Wolsey.

Illustrations: 24 pages of plates, mostly in colour; illustrated endpapers
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: 1
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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