Usually you think of Henry IV as the guy in the Shakespeare play who overthrew Richard II, but apparently he also was an accomplished musician (and possibly a composer) and the first English king to appoint a royal librarian. Who knew?
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Usually you think of Henry IV as the guy in the Shakespeare play who overthrew Richard II, but apparently he also was an accomplished musician (and possibly a composer) and the first English king to appoint a royal librarian. Who knew?
Halfway through this bio of Henry IV, I can't help but think that Prince Hal (the future Henry V) would be furious at his portrayal as a drunken dilettante palling around with Falstaff. He wasn't really like that at all.