Two Gentleman Poets at the Court of Henry VIII: George Boleyn & Henry Howard - Couverture souple

Bapst, Edmond

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1492995770 ISBN 13 : 9781492995777

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, is known as the brother of the ill-fated Queen Anne Boleyn. Charged with high treason and incest, he was executed in May 1536. History has forgotten that Rochford was a talented diplomat and gifted poet.

History has also been unkind to Rochford's cousin, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, whose alleged pride led to his downfall and subsequent execution in 1547. Yet, Surrey is considered to be one of the founders of the English Renaissance, and served Henry VIII loyally as Lieutenant General in the French campaigns.

Published in Paris in 1891, Edmond Bapst's Deux Gentilshommes-Poètes de la Cour de Henry VIII is the earliest biography of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and the only one to date on George Boleyn, Lord Rochford. Although Thomas Wyatt's name is the one that springs to mind when considering poets of Henry VIII's reign, Bapst considered Rochford and Surrey to be “the two who shone with the brightest light” and so set about writing detailed accounts of their lives, careers, poetry, and dramatic downfalls. Bapst made full use of primary sources, including sixteenth century French documents.

Tudor history author Claire Ridgway found Bapst's book such a useful resource in her own research that she commissioned this English translation. Two Gentleman Poets at the Court of Henry VIII is true to Bapst's style and contains all of Bapst's notes and references.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edmond Bapst was born Constant Valentin Edmond Bapst to a family of renowned Parisian jewellers on 7th January 1858. He studied law and literature before joining the French Foreign Service and serving in London, Stockholm, Cairo, Vienna, Luxembourg and Saint Petersburg. In 1905, Bapst was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Beijing, then Director of Policy and Corporate Affairs at the Quai d’Orsay in 1909. In 1913, he was sent as an envoy to Copenhagen. Bapst was promoted to the rank of French Ambassador in 1918, serving in Japan until his retirement from the service in 1921. Bapst published Deux Gentilshommes-Poètes de la Cour de Henry VIII in 1891 and his other works included studies of history, foreign policy, and the region of Alsace. He died in Paris on 28th October 1934.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1492995770
• ISBN 13: 9781492995777
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Ridgway Claire
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