The King's Painter - The Life and Times of Hans Holbein

The first illustrated biography of Hans Holbein, the painter who depicted some of the most powerful people of the early sixteenth century, in three decades.

About the author

Franny Moyle is a British television producer and author. Her first book Desperate Romantics was adapted into the BBC drama serial of the same title by screenwriter Peter Bowker. Her second book Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs Oscar Wilde was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. In 2016 she released The Extraordinary Life and Times of J.M.W Turner.

Product details

• Authors: Franny Moyle, Moyle Franny
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2025
• EAN: 9781035919635
• ISBN: 978-1-0359-1963-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 380 g
• Illustrations: 3 x 8pp col.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, Biography: historical, political & military, Biography: arts & entertainment, History of Art, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, British Isles, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: Renaissance, 1485–1603 (Tudor period), HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, ART / Movements / Renaissance