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| Plot Summary of The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes By His Fool, Will Somers |
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" Henry VIII begins with a diary being sent to a British woman, from an old man who was once the Great King Henry's Fool. He tells the woman she should read it, in order to understand her place in the world. She begins to read, and it turns out to be an account Of King Henry's life, beginning with earliest childhood, when his father, King Henry VII is still alive, and young Henry, not being the first-born son of the king, is destined for a life within the Church. It goes through the deaths of his father and brother, thus making Young Henry the heir to the throne. We see him crowned, and he begins his journey as Monarch, through 6 wives and the few offspring from them, through his trials with the Pope and the Church of Rome, and his conflicts with France and Spain. It ends with the death of the King.
Henry decided, in later life, as he was ailing, that he needed to write his story down, to perhaps explain to future generations the method to his "madness", to put voice to some of the things he knew that influenced his decisions. Perhaps he wanted to write it down to better rationalize his own actions; that would be perfectly understandable, until we see the notes added by Will Somers, the King's Fool, and perhaps his only true friend. His perspective is invaluable when trying to determine the truth about the King's madness, from the writer's perspective."
Karen, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- distant past/middle ages
Life of a profession:
- prince/nobleman/king/queen
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- long lived adults
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Age:
- long-lived adults
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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