Cover illustrations: Portrait of Henry VIII by Hans the Younger Holbein (1497/8–1543), Belvoir Castle Leicestershire/Bridgeman Art Library, London; Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond in 1534/5, by Lucas Hornebolte, The Royal Collection c.2003, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II.

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