AS THE BIGGEST library in the SAR, the Hong Kong Central Library boasts a collection of more than 1.2 million items. It should be one of the best places for simple research projects. But is it? Armed with three of my own research topics, I try it out.
Henry VIII
He married six times. Supposedly this 16th century English king was the happiest man of his time. Or, perhaps, the most unhappy. That question intrigues a nosy person like me.
The encyclopedias in the Youth Lending Library are not very helpful. They tell me the basics, such as that he pronounced himself head of the English church after the Pope refused to grant him a divorce. It is known as the English Reformation.
That does not answer my question.
The online catalogue is my next stop. There are some books about him and the Reformation in the adult section, but they all seem too serious for such a prying project.