THE LOST PRINCE /ANGLAIS

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-01-01 Pages: 192 Language: English Publisher: Thames & Hudson This exploration of Henrys life and image. and the extraordinary reaction to his death. transforms our understanding of this exceptional prince and the time in which he lived. In November 1612. shortly before his nineteenth birthday. Henry. the eldest son of James I and Anne of Denmark. died of typhoid fever after a short illness. The nation was struck by grief at the loss of this most promising prince who. it was believed. would become a king to transform Britain Unlike his father. Henry was seen as militaristic. ardently Protestant and fiercely moral;. he was also a precocious patron of the arts. collecting paintings. sculpture and books. commissioning ambitious garden designs and architecture. and performing in elaborate court festivities. Furthermore. Henry took an active interest in ...