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- ISBN 9780861543748
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2022
- Publisher: Oneworld Publications
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year
‘One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.’ Tracy Borman
In this groundbreaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the ‘loyal and most assured servant’ of Anne Boleyn to the poems lavished on Elizabeth I by her suitors, the Tudors re-enacted the roles of devoted lovers and capricious mistresses first laid out in the romances of medieval literature, but now with life-and-death consequences for the protagonists. The Tudors in Love dissects the codes of love, desire and power, unveiling obsessions that have shaped the history of this nation.
‘A riveting, pacy page-turner… the Tudors as you’ve never seen them before.’ Alison Weir
Sarah Gristwood is the author of four previous books of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century history: the Sunday Times bestseller Arbella: England’s Lost Queen; Elizabeth & Leicester; Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses; and the widely translated Game of Queens. A former journalist, contributing to papers such as the Guardian and the Telegraph, she has also written a number of books on twentieth-century subjects. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, she features frequently at history festivals, and on radio and television discussing the past and present of Britain’s monarchy. @sarahgristwood
