A Brief History of the Tudor Age - Couverture souple

Ridley, Jasper

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786710349 ISBN 13 : 9780786710348

Editeur : Running Press, 2002

Synopsis

Beginning with the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army at Milford in 1485 to depose Richard III, and ending with the death of the great Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, this incisive and informative brief history provides a vivid account of England's most eventful and contradictory age. Its presentation of the life both in the burgeoning capital of London and in the countryside includes 16 pages of full-color and black-and-white photographs, as well as discussion of the costumes of the period, modes of travel, food and medicine, sports and pastimes, and the amazing explosion of English drama that would make the name of William Shakespeare a household word for all time. Nor does this volume overlook the stultifying narrowness of peasant life, the harsh treatment of heretics and traitors, the intrigues and machinations at the court, and the miseries of the plague. In all, A Brief History of the Tudor Age paints an astonishing panorama of an England of great beauty and violence, of splendor and squalor, of achievement and despair. "Bursting with factual evidence ... [a] bright and lively compendium."—The Observer "Jasper Ridley is one of the most accomplished and successful historical biographers."—Times Literary Supplement

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Beginning with the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army at Milford in 1485 to depose Richard III, and ending with the death of the great Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, this incisive and informative brief history provides a vivid account of England's most eventful and contradictory age. Its presentation of the life both in the burgeoning capital of London and in the countryside includes 16 pages of full-color and black-and-white photographs, as well as discussion of the costumes of the period, modes of travel, food and medicine, sports and pastimes, and the amazing explosion of English drama that would make the name of William Shakespeare a household word for all time. Nor does this volume overlook the stultifying narrowness of peasant life, the harsh treatment of heretics and traitors, the intrigues and machinations at the court, and the miseries of the plague. In all, A Brief History of the Tudor Age paints an astonishing panorama of an England of great beauty and violence, of splendor and squalor, of achievement and despair. "Bursting with factual evidence ... [a] bright and lively compendium."—The Observer "Jasper Ridley is one of the most accomplished and successful historical biographers."—Times Literary Supplement

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Running Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786710349
• ISBN 13: 9780786710348
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible