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Henry VI (Penguin Monarchs)

'No other medieval king had such demonstrably serious mental health issues; no other king was so notoriously susceptible to those around him; no other king was so clearly uninterested in the business of government'

Henry VI, son of the all-conquering Henry V, was one of the least successful of English kings, whose weakness bankrupted the nation and led to the Wars of the Roses. Yet was he always a foolish puppet? This groundbreaking portrait pieces together the evidence to show a manifestly decent man trapped in a role to which he was utterly unsuited.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 144
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-241-38041-3
  • EAN
  • 9780241380413
  • Release date
  • 2019