Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I by Ackroyd, Peter

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9781250054609
Book Title
Tudors: the History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
Book Series
The History of England Ser.
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St. Martin's Press
Item Length
8.3 in
Publication Year
2014
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Trade Paperback
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English
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Yes
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Author
Peter Ackroyd
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History
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Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Renaissance, Social History
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16.2 Oz
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5.3 in
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528 Pages
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St. Martin's Press
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1250054605
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9781250054609
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Tudors: the History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Renaissance, Social History
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Peter Ackroyd
Book Series
The History of England Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

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Ackroyd presents the Tudors in a way frequently overlooked by other popular histories and novels, depicting them as a force that continues to affect both English and international societies today, rather than as an early-modern soap opera. ... Each player in this real-life historical drama is clearly drawn, their major contributions and connections made apparent without losing the thread of the overall themes. Tudors takes a comprehensive approach to early-modern English history that is rarely attempted, but is, in Ackroyd's hands, a success., As so often in Ackroyd's books there are irresistible small details of everyday life in historic London., [Ackroyd] has a matchless sense of place, and of the transformations of place across long stretches of time; he is also an inventive and playful English stylist., Ackroyd's thoroughly researched narrative of the notorious Tudors is colorful, engaging, and highly accessible to general readers., Praise for Tudors "Peter Ackroyd's love of his subject shines through every page. This is a thrilling story that will delight readers interested in this period." - San Francisco Book Review "While the author focuses on the politics of religious change, this is an accessible account, made even more so by anecdotes revealing the personalities of the main characters (e.g., Henry VIII became so obese that his bed had to be enlarged to a width of seven feet, and Mary Stuart wore crimson underclothes at her execution in 1587)." - Publishers Weekly "A solid multivolume popular history: readable, entirely nonrevisionist and preoccupied by politics, religion and monarchs-a worthy rival to Winston Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples ." - Kirkus Reviews "Highly engaging…. Ackroyd presents in rich prose and careful explanations how the English Reformation was not a movement of the people but a personal project of King Henry." - Booklist (starred review) "Peter Ackroyd is energetic and gifted enough to have mastered his sources and produced a sparklingly fresh account of Tudor England. … Ackroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. … If you want a finely written, racy account of the monster Henry VIII and his brood, a history book that really fires your imagination and is often so exciting that you cannot put it down, you should get this book." - The Weekly Standard "Ackroyd presents the Tudors in a way frequently overlooked by other popular histories and novels, depicting them as a force that continues to affect both English and international societies today, rather than as an early-modern soap opera. … Each player in this real-life historical drama is clearly drawn, their major contributions and connections made apparent without losing the thread of the overall themes. Tudors takes a comprehensive approach to early-modern English history that is rarely attempted, but is, in Ackroyd's hands, a success." -Shelf Awareness "Ackroyd's thoroughly researched narrative of the notorious Tudors is colorful, engaging, and highly accessible to general readers." - Choice "Ackroyd writes with such lightly worn erudition and a deceptive ease that he never fails to engage." - The Telegraph (UK) "Superbly accessible and readable." - The Financial Times (UK) "Ackroyd clearly relishes the wicked glamour of the family which presided over the Reformation, saw off the Spanish Armada, founded the British Empire and left the country they ruled a great European power . . . Fluent and colorful." - Sunday Express (UK) "As so often in Ackroyd's books there are irresistible small details of everyday life in historic London." - Daily Express (UK) "Ackroyd's information concerning Cromwell provokes a different reaction from that gained by reading Hilary Mantel. . . . This is a fascinating read, an accessible history where the immense research is wittily presented and where the ideas are profound and moving." - Newtown Review of Books "[Ackroyd] has a matchless sense of place, and of the transformations of place across long stretches of time; he is also an inventive and playful English stylist." - Standpoint (UK) Praise for Foundation "Relaxed, unpretentious, and accessible." - The New York Times Book Review on Foundation, Peter Ackroyd's love of his subject shines through every page. This is a thrilling story that will delight readers interested in this period., Ackroyd clearly relishes the wicked glamour of the family which presided over the Reformation, saw off the Spanish Armada, founded the British Empire and left the country they ruled a great European power . . . Fluent and colorful., Praise for Tudors "Peter Ackroyd's love of his subject shines through every page. This is a thrilling story that will delight readers interested in this period." - San Francisco Book Review "While the author focuses on the politics of religious change, this is an accessible account, made even more so by anecdotes revealing the personalities of the main characters (e.g., Henry VIII became so obese that his bed had to be enlarged to a width of seven feet, and Mary Stuart wore crimson underclothes at her execution in 1587)." - Publishers Weekly "A solid multivolume popular history: readable, entirely nonrevisionist and preoccupied by politics, religion and monarchs-a worthy rival to Winston Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples ." - Kirkus Reviews "Highly engaging…. Ackroyd presents in rich prose and careful explanations how the English Reformation was not a movement of the people but a personal project of King Henry." - Booklist (starred review) "Peter Ackroyd is energetic and gifted enough to have mastered his sources and produced a sparklingly fresh account of Tudor England. … Ackroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. … If you want a finely written, racy account of the monster Henry VIII and his brood, a history book that really fires your imagination and is often so exciting that you cannot put it down, you should get this book." - The Weekly Standard "Ackroyd presents the Tudors in a way frequently overlooked by other popular histories and novels, depicting them as a force that continues to affect both English and international societies today, rather than as an early-modern soap opera. … Each player in this real-life historical drama is clearly drawn, their major contributions and connections made apparent without losing the thread of the overall themes. Tudors takes a comprehensive approach to early-modern English history that is rarely attempted, but is, in Ackroyd''s hands, a success." -Shelf Awareness "Ackroyd's thoroughly researched narrative of the notorious Tudors is colorful, engaging, and highly accessible to general readers." - Choice "Ackroyd writes with such lightly worn erudition and a deceptive ease that he never fails to engage." - The Telegraph (UK) "Superbly accessible and readable." - The Financial Times (UK) "Ackroyd clearly relishes the wicked glamour of the family which presided over the Reformation, saw off the Spanish Armada, founded the British Empire and left the country they ruled a great European power . . . Fluent and colorful." - Sunday Express (UK) "As so often in Ackroyd's books there are irresistible small details of everyday life in historic London." - Daily Express (UK) "Ackroyd's information concerning Cromwell provokes a different reaction from that gained by reading Hilary Mantel. . . . This is a fascinating read, an accessible history where the immense research is wittily presented and where the ideas are profound and moving." - The Newtown Review of Books (Australia) "[Ackroyd] has a matchless sense of place, and of the transformations of place across long stretches of time; he is also an inventive and playful English stylist." - Standpoint (UK) Praise for Foundation "Relaxed, unpretentious, and accessible." - The New York Times Book Review on Foundation Praise for Peter Ackroyd "Ackroyd writes with such lightly worn erudition and a deceptive ease that he never fails to engage." - The Telegraph (UK), Praise for Tudors :"A solid multivolume popular history: readable, entirely nonrevisionist and preoccupied by politics, religion and monarchs-a worthy rival to Winston Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples ." - Kirkus Reviews "While the author focuses on the politics of religious change, this is an accessible account, made even more so by anecdotes revealing the personalities of the main characters." - Publishers Weekly " Tudors takes a comprehensive approach to early-modern English history that is rarely attempted, but is, in Ackroyd's hands, a success." - Shelf Awareness, Highly engaging.... Ackroyd presents in rich prose and careful explanations how the English Reformation was not a movement of the people but a personal project of King Henry., While the author focuses on the politics of religious change, this is an accessible account, made even more so by anecdotes revealing the personalities of the main characters (e.g., Henry VIII became so obese that his bed had to be enlarged to a width of seven feet, and Mary Stuart wore crimson underclothes at her execution in 1587)., A solid multivolume popular history: readable, entirely nonrevisionist and preoccupied by politics, religion and monarchs--a worthy rival to Winston Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples ., Peter Ackroyd is energetic and gifted enough to have mastered his sources and produced a sparklingly fresh account of Tudor England.'... Ackroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. ... If you want a finely written, racy account of the monster Henry VIII and his brood, a history book that really fires your imagination and is often so exciting that you cannot put it down, you should get this book., Peter Ackroyd is energetic and gifted enough to have mastered his sources and produced a sparklingly fresh account of Tudor England. ...Ackroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. ...If you want a finely written, racy account of the monster Henry VIII and his brood, a history book that really fires your imagination and is often so exciting that you cannot put it down, you should get this book., "Peter Ackroyd's love of his subject shines through every page. This is a thrilling story that will delight readers interested in this period." -- San Francisco Book Review "While the author focuses on the politics of religious change, this is an accessible account, made even more so by anecdotes revealing the personalities of the main characters (e.g., Henry VIII became so obese that his bed had to be enlarged to a width of seven feet, and Mary Stuart wore crimson underclothes at her execution in 1587)." -- Publishers Weekly "A solid multivolume popular history: readable, entirely nonrevisionist and preoccupied by politics, religion and monarchs--a worthy rival to Winston Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples ." -- Kirkus Reviews "Highly engaging.... Ackroyd presents in rich prose and careful explanations how the English Reformation was not a movement of the people but a personal project of King Henry." -- Booklist (starred review) "Peter Ackroyd is energetic and gifted enough to have mastered his sources and produced a sparklingly fresh account of Tudor England. ...Ackroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. ...If you want a finely written, racy account of the monster Henry VIII and his brood, a history book that really fires your imagination and is often so exciting that you cannot put it down, you should get this book." -- The Weekly Standard "Ackroyd presents the Tudors in a way frequently overlooked by other popular histories and novels, depicting them as a force that continues to affect both English and international societies today, rather than as an early-modern soap opera. ... Each player in this real-life historical drama is clearly drawn, their major contributions and connections made apparent without losing the thread of the overall themes. Tudors takes a comprehensive approach to early-modern English history that is rarely attempted, but is, in Ackroyd's hands, a success." -- Shelf Awareness "Ackroyd's thoroughly researched narrative of the notorious Tudors is colorful, engaging, and highly accessible to general readers." -- Choice "Ackroyd writes with such lightly worn erudition and a deceptive ease that he never fails to engage." -- The Telegraph (UK) "Superbly accessible and readable." -- The Financial Times (UK) "Ackroyd clearly relishes the wicked glamour of the family which presided over the Reformation, saw off the Spanish Armada, founded the British Empire and left the country they ruled a great European power . . . Fluent and colorful." -- Sunday Express (UK) "As so often in Ackroyd's books there are irresistible small details of everyday life in historic London." -- Daily Express (UK) "Ackroyd's information concerning Cromwell provokes a different reaction from that gained by reading Hilary Mantel. . . . This is a fascinating read, an accessible history where the immense research is wittily presented and where the ideas are profound and moving." -- The Newtown Review of Books(Australia) "[Ackroyd] has a matchless sense of place, and of the transformations of place across long stretches of time; he is also an inventive and playful English stylist." -- Standpoint (UK) "Relaxed, unpretentious, and accessible." -- The New York Times Book Review on Foundation "Ackroyd writes with such lightly worn erudition and a deceptive ease that he never fails to engage." -- The Telegraph (UK), Ackroyd's information concerning Cromwell provokes a different reaction from that gained by reading Hilary Mantel. . . . This is a fascinating read, an accessible history where the immense research is wittily presented and where the ideas are profound and moving.
Series Volume Number
2
Table Of Content
Contents List of illustrations vii 1. Hallelujah 1 2. All in scarlet 14 3. Heretic! 25 4. The woes of marriage 34 5. Into court 46 6. Old authentic histories 62 7. The king's pleasure 78 8. A little neck 91 9. The great revolt 105 10. The confiscation 118 11. The old fashion 129 12. The body of Christ 139 13. The fall 145 14. War games 157 15. A family portrait 168 16. The last days 176 17. The breaking of the altars 184 18. Have at all papists! 193 19. The barns of Crediton 206 20. The lord of misrule 222 21. The nine-day queen 235 22. In the ascendant 245 23. Faith of our fathers 262 24. An age of anxiety 272 25. Nunc Dimittis 281 26. A virgin queen 287 27. Two queens 297 28. The thirty-nine steps 311 29. The rivals 325 30. The rites of spring 337 31. Plots and factions 354 32. The revels now are ended 371 33. The frog 384 34. The great plot 400 35. The dead cannot bite 418 36. Armada 428 37. Repent! Repent! 436 38. The setting sun 444 39. A disobedient servant 454 40. The end of days 463 41. Reformation 467 Further reading 473 Index 483
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Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series. Tudors is the story of Henry VIII's relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how the brief reign of the teenage king, Edward VI, gave way to the violent reimposition of Catholicism and the stench of bonfires under "Bloody Mary." It tells, too, of the long reign of Elizabeth I, which, though marked by civil strife, plots against her, and even an invasion force, finally brought stability. Above all, it is the story of the English Reformation and the making of the Anglican Church. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, England was still largely feudal and looked to Rome for direction; at its end, it was a country where good governance was the duty of the state, not the church, and where men and women began to look to themselves for answers rather than to those who ruled them.

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