Tudors in Love - The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty

A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year
'One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.' Tracy Borman
In this groundbreaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the 'loyal and most assured servant' of Anne Boleyn to the poems lavished on Elizabeth I by her suitors, the Tudors re-enacted the roles of devoted lovers and capricious mistresses first laid out in the romances of medieval literature, but now with life-and-death consequences for the protagonists. The Tudors in Love dissects the codes of love, desire and power, unveiling obsessions that have shaped the history of this nation.
'A riveting, pacy page-turner... the Tudors as you've never seen them before.' Alison Weir

About the author

Sarah Gristwood is the author of four previous books of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century history: the Sunday Times bestseller Arbella: England’s Lost Queen; Elizabeth & Leicester; Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses; and the widely-translated Game of Queens. A former journalist, contributing to papers such as the Guardian and the Telegraph, she has also written a number of books on twentieth-century subjects. She features frequently at history festivals, and on radio and television discussing the past and present of Britain’s monarchy. @sarahgristwood

Summary

The bestselling historian finds a new way to look at the most famous English royal dynasty

Report

'Sarah Gristwood's book is a masterclass in marshalling a vast canon of research into a riveting, pacy page-turner... Here are the Tudors - and a good few others - as you have never seen them before.'
Alison Weir

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Gristwood, Gristwood Sarah
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780861543748
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-374-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Biography: royalty, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, 1485–1603 (Tudor period)