1968. This book is neither a 'private life' of Henry VIII, nor a comprehensive study of his life and times. Rather, it is something in between. I have tried to see the whole of Henry and to discuss the more personal, domestic events of his life as well as the vast range of diplomatic, political and ecclesiastical affairs in which he was involved. But because he is at the centre of the vanvas, there is little here concerning the economic and social life of Henrican England, little about such matters as the history of governmental institutions during the reign.