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PublisherHi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.

ISBN-100750932406

ISBN-139780750932400

eBay Product ID (ePID)2532923

Product Key Features

Book TitleHouse of Tudor

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

TopicRoyalty, Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorAlison Plowden

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"An ornate, admiring history of everyone's favorite English dynasty . . . [Plowden] writes with regal flair of the domestic intrigues, misalliances, and contretemps on which the destinies of a nation turned." - Kirkus Reviews, "An ornate, admiring history of everyone's favorite English dynasty . . . [Plowden] writes with regal flair of the domestic intrigues, misalliances, and contretemps on which the destinies of a nation turned." -- Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Decimal942/.05/0922

SynopsisIn this personal, rather than political, history the author tells the story of the Tudor's through four turbulent, passionate, tragic and prodigious generations., Apersonal rather than political history examining the origins of the family and interweaving the lives of the five Tudor monarchs with lesser-known branches of the treeThe Tudors ruled England for little more than a century, but no other dynasty has so impressed itself on the popularconsciousness. This history examines the origins of this astonishing family that appeared out of nowhere in 1485, blazed briefly, and then vanished, leaving a slowly fading trail of glory behind it. The astute statesmanship of the first Henry Tudor, the enterprising marital career of the second and the tragedy of the son he labored so murderously to get, the unhappy reign of Mary, and finally the flowering of Elizabeth in whom the family genius reached its apotheosis, all find their place in this chronicle of five turbulent, passionate, tragic, and prodigious generations of Tudors.", A personal rather than political history examining the origins of the family and interweaving the lives of the five Tudor monarchs with lesser-known branches of the tree The Tudors ruled England for little more than a century, but no other dynasty has so impressed itself on the popular consciousness. This history examines the origins of this astonishing family that appeared out of nowhere in 1485, blazed briefly, and then vanished, leaving a slowly fading trail of glory behind it. The astute statesmanship of the first Henry Tudor, the enterprising marital career of the second and the tragedy of the son he labored so murderously to get, the unhappy reign of Mary, and finally the flowering of Elizabeth in whom the family genius reached its apotheosis, all find their place in this chronicle of five turbulent, passionate, tragic, and prodigious generations of Tudors., The Tudors ruled England for little more than a century, but no other dynasty has so impressed itself on the English consciousness. In a personal rather than political history, Alison Plowden tells the story of the five Tudor monarchs, as well as lesser known members of the family. Superbly told, this is the story of four turbulent, passionate, tragic and prodigious generations. ALISON PLOWDEN war renowned for bringing history to life in her many books. She wrote over 25 books on the Tudor and Stuart periods, including the Elizabethan Quartet, a four-volume study of Elizabeth I's life. She also wrote: Two Queens in One Isle, Women All on Fire, Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth I (The History Press). She sadly died in 2007.

LC Classification NumberDA317