The decline and death of Henry VIII
Robert Hutchinson gives a lecture on the Tudor monarch's final years, plagued by illness, bankruptcy, and thwarted ambitions
Published: January 9, 2021 at 2:05 PM
In a lecture he delivered at BBC History Magazine’s 2019 Chester History Weekend event, historian Robert Hutchinson discusses the final years of the Tudor monarch Henry VIII, revealing a lonely, vulnerable man plagued by illness, bankruptcy, and thwarted ambitions.
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