Henry VIIn this widely acclaimed biography, Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent, and saintly monarch and offers instead a finely drawn but critical portrait of an ineffectual ruler. Drawing on widespread contemporary evidence, Wolffe describes the failures of Henrys long reign from 1422 to 1471, which included the collapse of justice, the loss of the French territories, and the final disintegration of his