Henry VIII by Lacey Baldwin Smith lengthy work on the views of the monarch during the reign and the royal views taken to ensure the power and leadership of the king over all.

Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty

Biographies & Memoirs

SMITH, Lacey Baldwin

Historical

Chatto&Windus

Treason in Tudor England: Politics and Paranoia

Treason in Tudor England: Politics and Paranoia

Treason in Tudor England: Politics and paranoia

Jonathan Cape Ltd.

Elizabeth Tudor: Portrait of a queen (The Library of world biography)

Little,Brown

Elizabeth Tudor: Portrait of a Queen

Little,Brown & Co

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

Henry VIII: the mask of royalty

History

Europe

Houghton/Mifflin

Panther Books

Describes the social and political setting in England and Europe during Queen Elizabeth I's forty-five year reign

The Elizabethan World (American Heritage Library)

Americas

Houghton, Mifflin Company

In this engrossing exploration of martyrdom, Lacey Baldwin Smith takes us on a riveting journey through history as he examines one of the most baffling characteristics of the human species: its willingness to die to sanctify a deity, to defend a cause, or simply to prove a point. In telling the stories of his chosen martyrs, by delving into their psyches, politics, and remarkable personalities, he illuminates the complex and elusive subject of martyrdom as it has evolved over two and a half millennia.        The story starts with Socrates, the Western world's first recorded martyr, and moves on to Judaic and early Christian martyrs: the Maccabees and their heroic suffering; Jesus of Nazareth and the impact of the crucifixion on his message; and Saint Perpetua, who died spectacularly in a Roman amphitheater.        The narrative then transports us to England: to Archbishop Thomas Becket and his sensational murder at the altar of his own cathedral in Canterbury; to Sir Thomas More, who died Henry VIII's "good servant but God's first" ; to the Protestant martyrs under Catholic Mary Tudor; and to Charles I, the only English king to be tried and executed as a traitor. The concluding chapters cover modern martyrdom as it has become increasingly secularized and entangled with treason. They include John Brown, whose "body lies a-mouldering in the grave but whose soul" goes marching on,  Mahatma Gandhi and his school for martyrs, the Holocaust and its impact on modern Jewish thought, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Hitler, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's execution for giving secret information about the atomic bomb to the USSR. The book ends with the troubling figure of SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein and the ultimate question: Is there such a person as a totally disinterested martyr?        Fools and traitors to some, heroes to others, all the men and women who appear here have helped shape our definition of martyrdom. The questions Lacey Baldwin Smith raises, and the way he brings the past to life, make this a uniquely compelling book.

Fools, Martyrs, Traitors

Random House Value Publishing

1st edition 1st printing paperback, fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Panther

Very good condition. Owner's name inside with date

This realm of England, 1399 to 1688 (A History of England)

D.C. Heath

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Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty

Treason in Tudor England: Politics and paranoia

Elizabeth Tudor: Portrait of a queen (The Library of world biography)

Elizabeth Tudor: Portrait of a Queen

Henry VIII: the mask of royalty

Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty

The Elizabethan World (American Heritage Library)

Fools, Martyrs, Traitors

Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty

This realm of England, 1399 to 1688 (A History of England)