About the Author

Richard Heath is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and enjoyed teaching history for thirty-five years. His life-long interest in the sixteenth century and the Renaissance was ignited by exploring many historic buildings in Britain and visiting Florence in his youth. He has since read extensively and travelled widely in Europe, often following in the footsteps of Emperor Charles V. His study of the life and times of the emperor, Charles V: Duty and Dynasty, was published in 2018 and he curates www.emperorcharlesv.com.