From the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army, at Milford in 1485, to the death of the great Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, this was an astonishingly eventful and contradictory age.

A picture of England of great beauty and violence, achievement and despair.

The present volume is the second edition, originally published 1957, which contains an additional three-part appendix, and will appeal to students of the Tudor Age and general avid historians alike. “There are many things to admire in ...

In this book, Jasper Ridley, describes the grand pageantry of the age with depictions of bustling London and the beautiful countryside, costumes, furniture and food, travel, medicine, sports and pastimes, grand tournaments, and the great ...

The Tudors were an unforgettable dynasty who wielded absolute power during a remarkably turbulent time in English history.