Henry VII

Like all the Yale series, it bored me to death. Chocked full of info that's served on the most boring platter ever made. I wanted to know more about this guy, and the book gave it to me, but it was so dryly delivered that I can't remember any of it. This book is for scholars, I hope. It has to be for someone, because being a lover of Tudor england is not enough to make it interesting. Writing this review bored me.

Professor Chrimes has splendidly captured the life and reign of a sovereign traditionally overlooked in English history. From his bittersweet youth through a climactic battlefield victory against Richard III to nearly a quarter century of stable rule, Henry Tudor's intelligence, cunning and administrative abilities are convincingly and thoughtfully portrayed. A domestic, tender side of the King is even shown as he comforts Queen Elizabeth after the death of their firstborn son, Prince Arthur. This is a worthy entry in the Yale Series and a must for any serious Tudor historian.