Classic historical novel set in the time of Henry VIII, first published in 1908. According to Wikipedia: "Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy."