by Margaret George · Ballantine Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780345342751
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«The Autobiography of Henry VIII: with notes by his fool, Will Somers» is the historical novel by Margaret George, published by Ballantine Books in paperback.
The novel recreates the life of Henry VIII as fictional memoirs written by the monarch himself, from his youth to his final years. The king's voice is combined with the irreverent comments of his fool and confidant Will Somers, and the narrative addresses his six marriages, power struggles, and the break with Rome.
The edition has 939 pages and the text is in English. It won the Banta Award in 1987 and corresponds to the Ballantine Books reissue.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Tudor dynasty and the sixteenth-century English court.
Margaret George is an American historical novelist specializing in epic fictional biographies. She is known for her meticulous research and the large scale of her books. She is the author of the bestselling novels The Autobiography of Henry VIII (1986), Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles (1992), The Memoirs of Cleopatra (1997), Mary, Called Magdalene (2002), Helen of Troy (2006), Elizabeth I (2011), The Confessions of Young Nero (2017), and The Splendor Before the Dark (2018).
