The cultural colossus who forged modern Britain
Jan 20, 2022
2 minutes
By Alison Weir
t has been said that Henry VIII changed the heart, mind and face of Britain more than anyone or anything else between the Normar conquest and the industrial revolution. In the year of his accession, a Venetian accurately predicted: “For the future, the whole world will talk of him.” Another Italian declared that Henry “excelled all who ever wore
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