FOUR PRINCES

Four great princes were born within a single decade: Henry VIII of England, Francis I of France, Charles I of Spain (Charles V of th e Holy Roman Empire) and Suleiman the Magnificent. They were very different. Francis, bursting with energy and swaggerm was known as le roi grand-nez/ whereas Suleiman's victorious pyramid of 2,000 Hungarian skulls left Europe aghast. Herny, infamous for his six w ives, changed England more than any other king in history/ whilst Charles V, most powerful of the four, ended up swapping his crown for a mon...[Read more]