Inside the Court of Henry VIII

April. 08,2015

Rating：

6.9

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

British History Henry Viii Royal Court

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Henry VIII is the most iconic king of English history. Part medieval tyrant, part renaissance prince, he ruled over his people as no king of England had ever done before. He took a country salvaged by his father from the wreck of civil war and set over it a single, sovereign ruler. By the end of his reign the power of the Tudor.

Richard Banks as Duke of Buckingham

Samuel West as Narrator

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