Henry VI (Penguin Monarchs)
Book formats
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Book short specifications
- Author
- James Ross
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Series
- Penguin Monarchs
- Language
- english
- Release date
- July 4, 2019
- ISBN
- 978-0-241-38041-3
- GTIN
- 9780241380413
- Weight, g
- 89
About
'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.