Charlotte Bolland

What were the real life stories and legacies of the six women who married Henry VIII? Discover these extraordinary queens through the court culture that recorded and shaped their often tempestuous lives: their letters, heraldic devices, books, love tokens and, of course, their portraits. The women who married Henry VIII have come to be encapsulated in a six-word rhyme: 'Divorced,...

Excellent, full of tiny details that expand our knowledge of even the best-known Tudors - Lucy Davies, The Telegraph Situating the Tudor dynasty, their court, and the country, in an international context, The Tudors is highly illustrated and features contemporary research in an accessible way. The book provides an overview of the ways in which the Tudors engaged with the...