Profiles Henry VII as an enigmatic and ruthless king of a country ravaged by decades of conspiracy and civil war, discussing the costs of establishing a Tudor monarchy and the ways he set the stage for Henry VIII's reign.
Tudor, House of
- Author:Penn, ThomasSummary:
- Author:Ackroyd, PeterSummary:
Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his History of England series, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with...
- Author:COSTAIN, Thomas BSummary:
Series: The pageant of England, Volume 2. Roger Bacon, Simon de Montfort and others made the long reign of Henry III into a period of vital advance in science, politics and art.
- Author:Moyle, FrannySummary:
Franny Moyle traces and analyzes the life and work of an extraordinary artist against the backdrop of an era of political turbulence and cultural transformation, to which his art offers a subtle and endlessly refracting mirror.