Operating principally from original sources, it revises the standard work of the Dodds and appraises the research produced in the subject over the last thirty years.

A major reassessment of England's break with Rome

"As good as a historical novel can be-fresh, imaginative, sensitively written." -The New York Post The Man on a Donkey is an enthralling, panoramic historical novel that brings to life one of the most tumultuous times in British history-the reign of King Henry VIII. In Part 1, readers are introduced to the world of the Tudors through the lives of five individuals. When King Henry VIII takes his mistress as his new wife, seizes Church property, and declares himself the only supreme head of the Church of England, the lives and fortunes of these five people are shaken-setting the stage for the momentous events in Part 2 of The Man on a Donkey.