{"product_id":"fool-9780691250168","title":"Fool","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A History Today Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] excellent new study.\"\u003cb\u003e---Andrew Hadfield, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating window onto Tudor life at its best, worst and most complicated.\"\u003cb\u003e---Noel Malcolm, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening.\"\u003cb\u003e---Dominic Green, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Andersson profiles in this diligent study 16th-century court jester William Somer, Henry VIII’s favored ‘fool.’ . . . The result is an illuminating look into Somer’s role as a source of broad humor and stress relief in a tumultuous court ruled by a mercurial king.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"Andersson has given us a vivid, tantalising portrait of [Will Somer] and a nuanced exploration of how he and those around him negotiated one another. . . .Will Somer’s ghost has life in it yet.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matthew Lyons, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone who wants to know about this oddly central figure in Tudor life will find Andersson’s book worthwhile.\"\u003cb\u003e---Alec Ryrie, \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating look at Will Somer, Henry VIII’s court fool. . . .A book that makes a great case for looking at history through those who are often disregarded.\"\u003cb\u003e---Nandini Das, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Even by the end of this biography, you will wonder how much you know about Will Somer, and that is all to the good. . . . [Andersson] provides a therapeutic rebuke to much of the nonsense written about Somer.\"\u003cb\u003e---Carl Rollyson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865555906903,"sku":"9780691250168","price":19.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691250168.jpg?v=1722274541","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fool-9780691250168","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}