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Jilly_in_VA

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7. I'm stuck

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 12:52 PM

Sunday

in The Autobiography of Henry VIII, by Margaret George. It's quite a wonderful book, but so looooong...900+ pages! I may have to take a break after this wife (Anne Boleyn) and read something else in between. Ms. George does a masterful job, as always, buoyed up by tedious research I'm sure, of portraying her main character, with commentary by his "fool", Will. I've always been fascinated by Henry and wondered if many historians haven't given him a bad rap. Ms. George presents him, warts and all, as a very complex character, which I think he was. It's quite an interesting book, just LONG!

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