Henry VIII "So Great a Jewel" Magnet

Few men in history are as clearly envisioned as King Henry VIII. Cruel, capricious, obese and disabled, England’s great King was also an accomplished sportsman, a shrewd statesman, and even a loving father and husband...at times. The King managed to put his small island nation into the consideration of the great military powers of continental Europe. Henry VIII is one of the faces of Hello, History. Complex, controversial, more of a legend than a man, he inspires stories hundreds of years after he lived, merging truth, myth, and opinion to create a figure that anchors all the reasons studying history is an adventure, not a chore.