Smith, Lacey Baldwin

Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty / Lacey Baldwin Smith - [1st American ed.] - Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1971. - xii, 335 p. illus. 24 cm.

Includes Index

The faces of death --
The 'old man' --
The emperor's new clothes --
Behind the mask --
"The conscience of a king" --
The moral commonwealth --
In search of a moral --
Honour saved --
Youth renewed --
The king must die --
Preparing for the worst --
The 'old fox'.

This enthralling study of the man behind the mask gives also a unique picture of the 16th-century mind and milieu.

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Henry VII, King of England 1491-1547 Biography


Great Britain--History--1509-1547
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography

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