15th February 2017
Henry VIII Ageing
I’ve written seven novels featuring Henry VIII at every stage in his life and through his many relationships. We see a comparatively insignificant birth as a second son in The White Princess, a merry and chivalrous prince in The Constant Princess, a dangerous husband in The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance, his descent into madness in The King’s Curse and his death in The Taming of the Queen. In my latest novel Three Sisters, Three Queens we see him as a treacherous brother, through the eyes of his sister Margaret. You can buy the book here:
www.philippagregory.com/books/three-sisters-three-queens
King Henry VIII by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist, c.1520, NPG 4690, © National Portrait Gallery, London;
King Henry VIII by Joos van Cleve, c.1530–1535, RCIN 403368, The Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II;
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger, c.1537, Thyssen–Bornemisza Museum, via Wikimedia Commons;
Portrait of Henry VIII, Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger, c.1537–1547, Walker Art Gallery, via Wikimedia Commons;
Portrait of Henry VIII, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1540, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, via Wikimedia Commons;
Portrait of Henry VIII of England, after Hans Holbein the Younger, 1542, Castle Howard, via Wikimedia Commons;
King Henry VIII by Cornelis Metsys (Massys), 1545, NPG D24929, © National Portrait Gallery, London