The private lives of the Tudors : uncovering the secrets of Britain's greatest dynasty
Record details
- ISBN: 0802125999
- ISBN: 9780802125996
- ISBN: 9780802189806
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Physical Description:
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448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 24 cm - Edition: First Grove Atlantic edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
General Note: | First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-426) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: 'The public self and the private' -- Henry VII. 'Infinitely suspicious' ; 'Not admitting any near approach' ; 'Closeted away like a girl' -- Henry VIII. 'Their business is in many secrets' ; 'Lay hands upon his royal person' ; 'She excelled them all' ; 'A thin, old, and vicious hack' ; 'True carnal copulation' ; 'Kings and Emperors all be but mortal' -- Edward VI. 'Being yet but a child' -- Mary I. 'Thinking myself to be with child' -- Elizabeth I. 'We highly commend the single life' ; 'She seldom partakes before strangers' ; 'A thousand eyes see all I do' ; 'I am soft and made of melting snow' ; 'The crooked carcass' -- Epilogue: 'Such lack of good order'. |
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Subject: | Tudor, House of Monarchy Great Britain History 16th century Great Britain Kings and rulers History Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603 |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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The Private Lives of the Tudors
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The Private Lives of the Tudors
England's Tudor monarchs--Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I--are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal families in history. Their love affairs, their political triumphs, and their overturning of the religious order are the subject of countless works of popular scholarship. But for all we know about Henry's quest for male heirs, or Elizabeth's purported virginity, the private lives of the Tudors remain largely beyond our grasp. In The Private Lives of the Tudors , Tracy Borman delves deep behind the public face of the monarchs, showing us what their lives were like beyond the stage of court. Drawing on the accounts of those closest to them, Borman examines Tudor life in fine detail. What did the monarchs eat? What clothes did they wear, and how were they designed, bought, and cared for? How did they practice their faith? And in earthlier moments, who did they love, and how did they give birth to the all-important heirs? Delving into their education, upbringing, sexual lives, and into the kitchens, bathrooms, schoolrooms, and bedrooms of court, Borman charts out the course of the entire Tudor dynasty, surfacing new and fascinating insights into these celebrated figures.