Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family
by Leanda de Lisle
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1610393635
- ISBN 13
- 9781610393638
- Seller
-
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
PublicAffairs, 2013. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in a new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 8vo. (6.75 x 2 x 9.75 inches) Includes appendices [5], index, family trees, and photo plates. 560 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The Tudors are England's most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle's gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew.
The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family's obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen's lap—and later her bed. It passes by the courage of Margaret Beaufort, the pregnant thirteen-year-old girl who would help found the Tudor dynasty, and the childhood and painful exile of her son, the future Henry VII. It ignores the fact that the Tudors were shaped by their past—those parts they wished to remember and those they wished to forget.
By creating a full family portrait set against the background of this past, de Lisle enables us to see the Tudor dynasty in its own terms, and presents new perspectives and revelations on key figures and events. De Lisle discovers a family dominated by remarkable women doing everything possible to secure its future; shows why the princes in the Tower had to vanish; and reexamines the bloodiness of Mary's reign, Elizabeth's fraught relationships with her cousins, and the true significance of previously overlooked figures. Throughout the Tudor story, Leanda de Lisle emphasizes the supreme importance of achieving peace and stability in a violent and uncertain world, and of protecting and securing the bloodline.
Tudor is bristling with religious and political intrigue but at heart is a thrilling story of one family's determined and flamboyant ambition.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The Tudors are England's most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle's gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew.
The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family's obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen's lap—and later her bed. It passes by the courage of Margaret Beaufort, the pregnant thirteen-year-old girl who would help found the Tudor dynasty, and the childhood and painful exile of her son, the future Henry VII. It ignores the fact that the Tudors were shaped by their past—those parts they wished to remember and those they wished to forget.
By creating a full family portrait set against the background of this past, de Lisle enables us to see the Tudor dynasty in its own terms, and presents new perspectives and revelations on key figures and events. De Lisle discovers a family dominated by remarkable women doing everything possible to secure its future; shows why the princes in the Tower had to vanish; and reexamines the bloodiness of Mary's reign, Elizabeth's fraught relationships with her cousins, and the true significance of previously overlooked figures. Throughout the Tudor story, Leanda de Lisle emphasizes the supreme importance of achieving peace and stability in a violent and uncertain world, and of protecting and securing the bloodline.
Tudor is bristling with religious and political intrigue but at heart is a thrilling story of one family's determined and flamboyant ambition.
Synopsis
LEANDA DE LISLE is the highly acclaimed author of The Sisters Who Would be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey and After Elizabeth: The Death of Elizabeth and the Coming of King James . She has been a columnist on the Spectator, Country Life , the Guardian and the Express and writes for the Daily Mail , the New Statesman a nd the Sunday Telegraph . She lives in Leicestershire.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201061
- Title
- Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family
- Author
- Leanda de Lisle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1610393635
- ISBN 13
- 9781610393638
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Tudors, Tudor dynasty, Europe, European history, Monarchy, Royal family, Owen Tudor, Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII, Princes, Queens, British history, The throne, UK, London, Britain,
Terms of Sale
The Anthropologists Closet
We hold ourselves to a high ethical standard providing accurate book descriptions. If for any reason you are not satisfied we will offer a refund and free return shipping.
About the Seller
The Anthropologists Closet
Biblio member since 2022
Des Moines, Iowa
About The Anthropologists Closet
The Anthropologists Closet is a small mother-daughter-owned online bookstore. We offer a wide range of academic non-fiction books, a large collection of art catalogs, signed books, and an extensive history and military collection. We uphold high ethical standards and are dedicated to ensuring that our listings are accurate and that our customers are satisfied. Our books are packaged with care in a secure book box mailer with tracking. We offer full refunds and free return shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...