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Houses of Power: The Places that Shaped the Tudor World by Simon Thurley (Hardcover, 2017)
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The story of life as a Tudor King or Queen, as told through houses such as the Tower of London, Whitehall, Westminster and Hampton Court. Definitive social history brought to life by the man who revolutionised English Heritage. What was it like to live as a royal Tudor? Why were their residences built as they were and what went on inside their walls? Who slept where and with who? Who chose the furnishings? And what were their passions? The Tudors ruled through the day, throughout the night, in the bath, in bed and in the saddle. Their palaces were genuine power houses - the nerve-centre of military operations, the boardroom for all executive decisions and the core of international politics. Houses of Power is the result of Simon Thurley's thirty years of research, picking through architectural digs, and examining financial accounts, original plans and drawings to reconstruct the great Tudor houses and understand how these monarchs shaped their lives. Far more than simply an architectural history - a study of private life as well as politics, diplomacy and court - it gives an entirely new and remarkable insight into the Tudor world. Includes- Baynard's Castle Bridewell Palace Coldharbour Durham Place Eltham Palace Friars' churches at Greenwich and Richmond Kennington Palace Blackfriars Palace of Westminster Somerset Place St James's Palace St Paul's Suffolk Place Tower of London Westminster Abbey Whitehall Palace (formerly York Place) Dartford Priory Enfield Esher Place Hampton Court Palace Hanworth House Havering-atte-Bower Nonsuch Palace Oatlands Palace Richmond Palace Syon Monastery Wanstead House Windsor Castle Woking Palace Abingdon Abbey (now in Oxfordshire) Reading Abbey Ditton House Basing House Birling House Cobham Hall Dover Castle Knole Leeds Castle Otford Rochester Priory St Augustine's Priory, Canterbury Westenhanger Castle Woodstock Palace Guildford Friary Woking House Cowdray House Petworth House Beaulieu (formerly New Hall) Ingatestone Hall Ruckholt Manor Ewelme Manor Thornbury Castle Wolfhall Loughborough Hall Burghley House Collyweston House Fotheringay Castle Grafton Manor Nottingham Castle Ludlow Castle Kenilworth Castle Royal House, Langley Tickenhill Manor Ampthill House Ashridge Priory Berkhampstead Castle Hatfield House Hitchin Hundson House Manor of the More Theobalds House Tyttenhanger House Kenninghall Place Hengrave Hall Newcastle Warkworth Castle Hull Manor Middleham Castle Pontefract Castle York AbbeyProduct Identifiers
PublisherTransworld LTD
ISBN-139780593074947
eBay Product ID (ePID)233542788
Product Key Features
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHouses of Power: the Places That Shaped the Tudor World
Publication Year2017
SubjectMuseum Studies, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorSimon Thurley
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight912 g
Item Width162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSimon Thurley
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- 12 Dec, 2019
Great.
An excellent account of the Tudor craze for building. Really informative and revealing. Thoroughly recommended.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
