Overlord: A New History of the Life and Reign of Henry VIII

An immersive, fascinating history of the life and imperial ambitions of Henry VIII.

Henry VIII is one of history’s most famous personalities and England’s most famous monarch. He is simultaneously the virtuous Renaissance prince gone wrong, the psychopathic, paranoid tyrant, and the much-married glutton.

Yet Henry didn’t see himself as simply king of England. Overlord tells Henry's story as he saw it: the tale of a titan whose dominions embraced Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, and, if he...