The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics

On the Tudors and their legacy, from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I

This illustrated volume shows how the Tudor monarchs of Britain engaged with the internationalism of court culture; the tumultuous years of the Reformation; and the emergence of the transatlantic slave trade and English colonialism.
Taking a thematic and biographical approach, the book features some of the most famous royal and court figures from the 16th century, from Henry VIII and Catherine de' Medici to Elizabeth I and Walter ...