Article: The Last Days of Henry VIII: Conspiracy, Treason, and Heresy at the Court of the Dying Tyrant.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

The Last Days of Henry VIII: Conspiracy, Treason and Heresy at the Court of the Dying Tyrant. Robert Hutchinson. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [pounds sterling]20.00. 367 pages. ISBN 0-297-84611-6. This is a close study of the last five years of Henry VIII's rule, from 1543 to 1547. Henry was a 'psychotic and ruthless ruler' and in these years, 'an aggressive, vengeful, cunning and pain-racked king ... a true bully'. Mr Hutchinson is concerned with the king himself, his courtiers and ministers and with his illness which had a ...

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