BOLEYNS - David Loades

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Résumé :
A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court.

Biographie:
David Loades is Emeritus Professor of the University of Wales. He has written sixteen books on the Tudors, including: HENRY VIII ('David Loades is one of our finest Tudor historians' ALISON WEIR, 'David Loades, veteran commentator on Tudor England, here presents a portrait of the Tudor Stalin, who fascinated his people as much as he terrified them. We are happily exempt from the terror at a safe distance of five centuries, but the life of the king who wanted to be larger than life retains its absorbing drama. (DIARMAID MACCULLOCH), MARY TUDOR, THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII ('I warmly recommend this book' ALISON WEIR), ELIZABETH I ('Succeeds in depicting her to us as a real woman - a very good book' LITERARY REVIEW, 'Readable, searching and wise' NEW STATESMAN, 'Everything a scholarly biography should be, and a good read too' DR RICHARD REX), THE CHRONICLE OF THE TUDOR KINGS, THE CHRONICLE OF THE TUDOR QUEENS, THE REIGN OF MARY TUDOR, THE FIGHTING TUDORS, THE MAKING OF THE TUDOR NAVY, THE TUDOR QUEENS, and HENRY VIII: COURT, CHURCH & CONFLICT. He is currently writing a major new history of the kings and queens of England also for Amberley Publishing. He lives in Burford in Oxfordshire.

Sommaire:
1. Origins: Sir Edward Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London 1457 2. Thomas Boleyn & His Start at Court 3. Mary Boleyn & the King's Fancy 4. Anne & the Origins of the Grand Passion. 5. Sir Thomas, Viscount Rochford & Earl of Wiltshire 6. The Boleyns as a Political Faction: The Whitehall Years 7. George Boleyn 8. The Fall of the Boleyns: The Tower Days 9. Mary & Her Children 10. Henry Carey's Distinguished Career Under Elizabeth I 11. Elizabeth I: The Boleyn Daughter Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index