Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of SurreyA pioneering poet whose verse had a profound impact on Shakespeare and the English Renaissance, Surrey was nevertheless branded by one contemporary as “the most foolish proud boy that is in England.” He was the heir of England’s premier nobleman, first cousin to two of Henry VIII’s wives---Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard---and best friend and brother-in-law to the King’s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy. Celebrated for his chivalrous deeds both on and off the battlefield, Surrey became, at only twenty-eight, the King’s Lieutenant General in France. He had his portrait painted more often than any other Tudor courtier, but his confident exterior masked insecurity and loneliness. A man of intriguing contradictions, Surrey was both law enforcer and law breaker, political conservative and religious reformer. The self-styled guardian of the traditional nobility, he was recklessly outspoken against the “new erected men” of the court. Cromwell was a “foul churl,” Paget a “mean creature,” and the problems that beset Henry VIII’s realm were, Surrey hinted, “the bitter fruit of false concupiscence.” He witnessed and was inextricably caught up in all the major events of the reign: the break with Rome, the Pilgrimage of Grace, the Reformation, the executions of his two cousins, Henry’s French wars, and the brutal power struggle at the end of the reign to which he fell victim. His life, replete with drunken escapades, battlefield heroics, conspiracy, and courtroom drama, sheds new light on the opulence and artifice of a dazzling, but deadly, age. |
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Procura do Utilizador - wagner.sarah35 - LibraryThingA good biography of Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, who was an English poet, courtier to Henry VIII, and a military leader. Jessie Childs brings in details about the nobility and daily life to ... Ler crítica na íntegra
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Procura do Utilizador - reginaromsey - LibraryThingGreat book on Henry Howard. A lot of information that isn't usually in biographies such as his work with a "stone bow", or cross bow pea shooter good for vandalism and not much else. Ler crítica na íntegra
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Prologue I | 1 |
Only Virtue Unconquered | 9 |
Henry Howard | 17 |
Earl of Surrey | 35 |
With a Kings Son | 47 |
A Frenchman at Heart | 66 |
Bloody Days | 87 |
So Cruel Prison | 109 |
In Every Mans Eye | 221 |
Loss of Reputation | 237 |
My Foolish Sons Demeanour | 252 |
Unbridled Tongues | 269 |
Condemned for Such Trifles | 292 |
Epilogue | 313 |
319 | |
Manuscript Sources | 364 |
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