The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)

INTRODUCTION

James Anthony Froude was born at Dartington Rectory, the youngest son of the Archdeacon of Totnes, on April 23, 1818. His father was a clergyman of the old school, as much squire as parson. In the concluding chapter to his _History of England_, Froude wrote that "for a hundred and forty years after the Revolution of 1688, the Church of England was able to fulfil wi...