A History Of The Tudors In 100 Objects

This seminal period of British history is a far-off world in which poverty, violence and superstition went hand-in-hand with opulence, religious virtue and a thriving cultural landscape, at once familiar and alien to the modern reader. John Matusiak sets out to shed new light on the lives and times of the Tudors by exploring the objects they left behind. Among them, a silver-gilt board badge discarded at Bosworth Field when Henry VII won the English crown; a signet ring that may have belonged to Shakespeare; the infamous Halifax gibbet, on which some 100 people were executed. The whole vivid panorama of Tudor life is laid bare in this thought-provoking and frequently myth-shattering narrative, which is firmly founded upon contemporary accounts and the most up-to-date results of modern scholarship. Condition: Good - Spine has a few light crease marks, covers edges are rough, some shelf wear but no major damage. Inside pages are clean and intact, remains of rubbed out pencil on first page otherwise unmarred by marks, creases or highlighting. Spine and binding in good condition no loose pages. show less»