Francis Hackett

Francis Hackett (21 January 1883 - 25 April 1962) was born in Kilkenny, Ireland to the daughter of a farmer and a medical officer. He is most famous for writing a detailed <a href="/c/books/book/535062/personal-history-of-henry-the-eighth/">book</a> about <a href="/c/books/credit/206603/henry-viii/">Henry VIII</a> but was also a noted critic and published several other books most of which were either non-fiction or biographies.