
Traces of Henry VIII in Game of Thrones: Similarities Between Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon
Initially, I resisted the idea of there being any similarity between Robert Baratheon and Henry VIII. (In Robert Baratheon May Be Edward IV’s Older Half, I compared Robert Baratheon to Edward IV but I did say I thought Robert Baratheon had a tinge of Tudor.) While getting my Tudor on this week – these days I’m more of a Plantagenet gal – I reread some of my old Tudor books and saw striking similarities between Henry VIII’s finer points and…
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