The children of Henry VIII

Resource Information

The work The children of Henry VIII represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The children of Henry VIII

Statement of responsibility

Alison Weir

Title variation

• Children of Henry the 8th
• Children of Henry the Eighth

Creator

• trueWeir, Alison, 1951-

Subject

• Edward, VI, King of England, 1537-1553
• Elizabeth, I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
• trueGreat Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
• Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
• Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554
• Mary, I, Queen of England, 1516-1558
• Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Henry, VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Family

Genre

• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary," and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I

Member of

• Children of Henry VIII

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 941.084/092/2
• B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

DA317.1

LC item number

.W45 1996

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult