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From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk (Ed Cryer)
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Subject: Re: I've never thought of Henry VIII as particularly cruel or
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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2023 22:48:09 +0000
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by: Ed Cryer - Sat, 2 Dec 2023 22:48 UTC

henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> (Ed.C mentioned a book on the History of England's Kings and Queens)
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> i think i speak for many (other) Americans of my generation, when i say that...
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> I've never thought of Henry VIII as particularly cruel or tyrannical... My impressions of him were largely influenced by the book and movie [A Man for All Seasons] -- my fav. since high school.
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> Lately, there has been a move to portray him as Young, handsome, and Sexy... as in the movie [The Other Boleyn Girl] and the British TV show that features Jonathan Rhys Meyers as "King Henry 8"
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> Before watching this TV series, i had not heard of the [sweating sickness]
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>>>> During the 15th and 16th centuries in England, there were five epidemics of a disease characterized by fever and profuse sweating and associated with high mortality. This disease became known as the English sweating sickness.

He was most excellent in his younger days. But he got fat and grumpy as
he got older.

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