An authoritative and accessible history of the lives of the kings and queens of England by a renowned historian.

From the early days of turmoil, when William escaped the fate of Thomas Seymour and honed his strategies for survival, to the shadowy intrigues of the Jacobean court, this is a fascinating portrait of men who shaped an extraordinary age.

Addressing such intriguing and under-researched matters from a variety of literary, political and theological perspectives, the essays in this volume cast new light, not only on Marian Catholicism, but also on the wider European religious ...

The rise and fall of the Tudor family at the heart of the court of Henry VIII.

A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court.

A full-scale biography Henry VIII’s fifth wife, the teenager who got herself fatally entangled with lovers and ended up with her neck on the block.

The biography of the blacksmith’s son who rose to be Henry VIII’s right-hand man.

It is better understood as a part of the general administrative, political and above all financial history of the period. This book is designed to present a whole story, set in its proper contemporary context.

The story of Henry VIII's sister Mary Rose, the beautiful princess who married first the King of France and then the great rake of the Tudor era, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.