Contents

Cover

Welcome Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Foreword

A Note on Spelling, Money and Dates

Chapter 1: The Death of a King

Chapter 2: The Last Decade

Chapter 3: The Last Year

Chapter 4: The Final Months

Chapter 5: The Making of the Will

Chapter 6: The Faith of the King

Chapter 7: The Succession

Chapter 8: The Transfer of Power

Chapter 9: The ‘Unwritten Will’

Chapter 10: The Legacy of the Will

Epilogue

APPENDIX I: Henry VIII’s Last Will and Testament: A Transcription

APPENDIX II: Council Personnel

APPENDIX III: Highlights from Henry VIII’s Inventory

Notes on the Text

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Picture Credits

Index

About The King is Dead

Reviews

About Suzannah Lipscomb

An Invitation from the Publisher

Copyright