ENGLISH

Edward VI : The Last Boy King

By Stephen Alford

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
Year
2014
ISBN
978-0-141-97692-1
ASIN
ASIN: B00O2LM3K8
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
662 kB (677780 bytes)
Series
Penguin Monarchs
Pages
90\0
Topic
History\\Memoirs, Biographies
Time added
2017-06-25 21:47:43
16th centuryBiographies & MemoirsEnglandHistoryKing Edward VILeaders & Notable PeopleModern (16th-21st Centuries)Penguin MonarchsRoyal HistoryRoyalty

Description

Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use the child to further their own ends, but who were also playing a long game - assuming that Edward would long outlive them and become as commanding a figure as his father had been. Stephen Alford's wonderful book gives full play to the murky, sinister nature of Edward's reign, but is also a poignant account of a boy learning to rule, learning to enjoy his growing power and to come out of the shadows of the great aristocrats around him. England's last child monarch, Edward would have led his country in a quite different direction to the catastrophic one caused by his death.

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