Vivat Rex! – An Exhibition Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Accession of Henry VIIIJohn Guy Dale Hoak Susan Wabuda Arthur L. SchwarzLabel: Grolier Club of New YorkDescription: The complicated personality and dramatic reign of England's King Henry VIII - visionary tyrant monarch bully defender of the faith destroyer of monasteries lover and libertine - have been immortalized (and fictionalized) in literature on stage and in film by leading writers of their generations. This catalogue to the Grolier Club exhibition Vivat Rex! (March 3-May 2 2009) brings the real Henry his life reign and times to life through books manuscripts handwritten letters and prints. Many of the works described and illustrated are unique in themselves or belonged to Henry himself to his family or to members of his court.
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