Thomas Dunne Books
October 2013
On Sale: October 8, 2013
Featuring: Elizabeth I; Bloody Mary; Henry VIII
ISBN: 1250003628 EAN: 9781250003621 Kindle: B00CQYBAUW Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Rich in detail and atmosphere, Tudors is the story of Henry VIIIβs relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how the brief reign of the teenage king, Edward VI, gave way to the violent reimposition of Catholicism and the stench of bonfires under βBloody Mary.β It tells, too, of the long reign of Elizabeth I, which, though marked by civil strife, plots against her, and even an invasion force, finally brought stability.
Above all, it is the story of the English Reformation and the making of the Anglican Church. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, England was still largely feudal and looked to Rome for direction; at its end, it was a country where good governance was the duty of the state, not the church, and where men and women began to look to themselves for answers rather than to those who ruled them.
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