Henry VIII: the mask of royalty - Hardcover

Smith, Lacey Baldwin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395127238 ISBN 13: 9780395127230

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1971

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

Lacey Baldwin Smith was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1922. Following graduate work at Princeton University, he went on to teach there and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern University, where until his retirement he was Professor of History and Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities. He continues to teach at Northwestern in an emeritus capacity. Smith is the recipient of two Fulbright awards, two National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and numerous other awards, honors, and academic appointments, including membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the father of three grown children and lives with his wife in Wilmette, Illinois.

Review:

"This is quite simply the best book on Henry VIII that I have ever read." — Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0395127238
• ISBN 13: 9780395127230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 335