by Margaret George · Pan Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330298735
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«The Autobiography of Henry VIII» is the historical novel by Margaret George, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback (944 pages, in English).
The novel presents fictionalized memoirs of the monarch, from his youth to the end of his reign, with commentary from his fool and confidant Will Somers. It weaves together his break with Rome, the dissolution of the monasteries, his six marriages and the intrigues of the Tudor court, with Thomas Cromwell, Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas More and Anne Boleyn.
The novel, originally published in 1986 by Macmillan, received the Banta Award in 1987; this edition is from 1988.
The novel is aimed at readers of historical fiction and biographical fiction interested in the Tudor court and the figure of Henry VIII.
Margaret George is an American historical novelist specializing in epic fictional biographies. She is known for her meticulous research and the large scale of her books. She is the author of the bestselling novels The Autobiography of Henry VIII (1986), Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles (1992), The Memoirs of Cleopatra (1997), Mary, Called Magdalene (2002), Helen of Troy (2006), Elizabeth I (2011), The Confessions of Young Nero (2017), and The Splendor Before the Dark (2018).
