- Paperback: 348 pages
- Publisher: Longman; 1 edition (Sep 19 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0582772265
- ISBN-13: 978-0582772267
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.2 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #107,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This is a penetrating and colourful study of the mid-Tudor Court. Loades has responded to both the revived interest in Edwardian and Marian politics and the current fascination with the Court to explore and demonstrate the role of the royal home as a political arena and the heart of government. He also provides fresh, stimulating and important assessments of Philip, Elizabeth and other focal figures.' Michael Graves, University of Auckland '...an excellent survey of the most difficult period of Tudor history.' '...well worth reading for those with an interest in Tudor England, or more broadly, Renaissance monarchy in Europe.' Victoria Stater, American Historical Review, February 2006
Book Description
An engaging account of how the Tudor monarchy made the transition from Henry's male sphere to Elizabeth's feminine court.
- Attention-grabbing dramas of treachery, affairs and executions
- A fresher perspective on Tudor court life - focus on revels, music and other entertainments
- Shows what it was like not to have adult males ruling court and country
- Loades is a major author in this field
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Tudor politics...., July 4 2006
By lordhoot "lordhoot" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Intrigue and Treason: The Tudor Court, 1547-1558 (Paperback)
This book covers Tudor court politics during the reigns of Edward VI and Mary. The book proves to be well written and nicely researched. Its appears that the author wrote the book to introduced an average reader to this rather neglected subject. The book contains a lot of information without the tedious details that may bogged a reader down. I found it to be rather insightful in approach.Considering the contradictory nature of both reigns toward each other, it was interesting to see it portaryed side by side. Since the book covers the core of the English government, it also serves as a semi-biographical sketches of both Edward VI and Queen Mary. The author also took pains to introduced the book with the last years of Henry VIII and end it with the first years of Elizabeth I.
Overall, a highly readable book on the governmental politics during the reigns of Edward VI and Queen Mary, it come highly recommended for anyone interested in the Tudor period.
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Excellent book, Oct 10 2010
By E. Stein - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Intrigue and Treason: The Tudor Court, 1547-1558 (Paperback)
Everything I've read by David Loades is readable, scholarly, and interesting. This book in particular covers a period that is especially understudied and hard to get a grip on; Loades offers a corrective to the older, but still widely available, biographies of both Edward VI and Northumberland.
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