The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers : A Novel (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers : A Novel Saturday, August 1 2009.

• Much has been written about the mighty, egotistical Henry VIII: the man who dismantled the Church because it would not grant him the divorce he wanted; who married six women and beheaded two of them; who executed his friend Thomas ore; who sacked the monasteries; who longed for a son and neglected his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth; who finally grew fat, disease-ridden, dissolute. Now, in her magnificent work of storytelling and imagination Margaret George bring us Henry VIII's story as he himself might have told it, in memoirs interspersed with irreverent comments from his jester and confident, Will Somers. Brilliantly combining history, wit, dramatic narrative, and an extraordinary grasp of the pleasures and perils of power, this monumental novel shows us Henry the man more vividly than he has ever been seen before.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers : A Novel Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Margaret George: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers : A Novel Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Yesterday some fool asked me what my first memory was, expecting me to lapse happily into sentimental childhood reminiscences, as dotty old men are supposed to enjoy doing.