Henry: Virtuous Prince. David Starkey

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      HENRY

      Virtuous Prince

      DAVID STARKEY

      To Mark Pigott

       a fellow Henrician

      CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FAMILY TREE
INTRODUCTION
1 Entry into the World
2 Ancestors
3 The Heir
4 Infancy
5 Duke of York
6 Rival Dukes
7 Education
8 Weddings
9 The Last Pretender
10 Funerals
11 Re-Education
12 To Court
13 Religion
14 Philip
15 Jousting
16 Dying
17 End
18 King
19 First Steps
20 ‘Virtue, Glory, Immortality’
21 Coronation
22 ‘I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth …’
23 Breaking Free: William Compton
24 Married Life
25 Friends and Brothers
26 Wolsey
ENDNOTES
INDEX
Also by David Starkey
Copyright
About the Publisher

       LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

       First Plate Section

      Henry VI, unknown artist, oil on panel, c.1540. National Portrait Gallery, London.

      Edward IV, British school, oil on panel, 15th century. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

      Elizabeth Woodville, unknown artist, c.1465. By courtesy of the President and Fellows of Queens’ College Cambridge.

      The Battle of Barnet, 1471, English school, vellum, 15th century. Centrale Bibliotheek van de Universiteit, Ghent/The Bridgeman Art Library.

      Richard, Duke of York and Edward V, from the Royal Window, Canterbury Cathedral. Woodmansterne/Topfoto.

      Richard III, British school, oil on canvas, 1480–1500. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

      Lady Margaret Beaufort, unknown artist, oil on panel, second half 16th century. National Portrait Gallery, London.

      Charles VIII of France, unknown artist, c.1485. Musée Condé, Chantilly/ akg-images.

      Henry VII, unknown artist, oil on panel, 1505. National Portrait Gallery, London.

      Elizabeth of York, unknown artist, oil on panel, late 16th century. National Portrait Gallery, London.

      Arthur