King Henry VIII - another perspective.
Here follows a quotation from the Foreword of Alexander McKee OBE's book 'King Henry VIII's Mary Rose' -
"...it was sometimes a curious sensation to take up a bundle of old parchments with faded pink seals and, while trying to transcribe the phonetic Tudor penmanship, realise suddenly that almost the last man before me to so closely study that document was Henry VIII himself. The man who gradually revealed himself to me in his decisions and actions was statesman, general and admiral combined. As such, he plays a large part in my opening pages, a most unusual character - King Henry VIII without the wives! And perhaps I may be forgiven if I say that in my humble opinion this is the real Henry VIII."