{"product_id":"9780141977133","title":"Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs): The Quest for Fame","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharismatic, insatiable and cruel, Henry VIII was, as John Guy shows, a king who became mesmerized by his own legend - and in the process destroyed and remade England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaid to be a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most instantly recognizable of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: magnificent and vengeful; a devout traditionalist who oversaw a cataclysmic rupture with the church in Rome; a talented, towering figure who nevertheless could not bear to meet people's eyes when he talked to them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revealing new account, John Guy looks behind the mask into Henry's mind to explore how he understood the world and his place in it - from his isolated upbringing and the blazing glory of his accession, to his desperate quest for fame and an heir and the terrifying paranoia of his last, agonising, 54-inch-waisted years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108850286832,"sku":"9780141977133","price":14.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141977133_p0.jpg?v=1763656137","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141977133","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}