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The private lives of the Tudors : uncovering the secrets of Britain's greatest dynasty  Cover Image Book Book

The private lives of the Tudors : uncovering the secrets of Britain's greatest dynasty

Borman, Tracy. (Author).

Summary: An examination behind the public faces of the Tudor monarchs draws on material from their most intimate courtiers to illuminate details about their private worlds, from what they ate and the clothes they wore to how they were treated while sick.

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  • ISBN: 0802125999
  • ISBN: 9780802125996
  • ISBN: 9780802189806
  • Physical Description: print
    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]

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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'.
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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