The Tudors: A Brief Insight

✍ Scribed by Guy, John

• Book ID: 109031649
• Publisher: Sterling
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 6 MB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

[Color and black and white illustrations] Thanks to Showtime's hit series The Tudors, interest in the royally intriguing Tudor family is at an all-time high, and this enlightening work will appeal to the many of those eager to learn more about them. John Guy provides the most authoritative overview of this age in British history, offering a compelling account of the political, religious, and economic changes that occurred under Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. In addition, Guy comprehensively reassesses the reigns of Henry VII, Edward VI, and Philip and Mary. First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Guy's The Tudors: A Brief Insight is the most authoritative short introduction to this age in British history. It offers a compelling account of the political, religious and economic changes of the country under such leading monarchs as Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The work has been substantially revised and updated for this republication in 2010. In particular, the reigns of Henry VII, Edward VI, and Philip and Mary are comprehensively reassessed. About the Author John Guy has been Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews since 1992. His publications include Tudor England (1988, 1990), The Reign of Elizabeth I (1995), The Tudor Monarchy (1997), Cardinal Wolsey (1998), Thomas More (2000), Politics, Law and Counsel in Tudor and Early Stuart England (2000).