Book Review: Tudor Adventurers
/In 1553, an audacious expedition set sail from England headed east in search of a passage to China - a young historians debut work tells the story of that expedition in all its high drama
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In 1553, an audacious expedition set sail from England headed east in search of a passage to China - a young historians debut work tells the story of that expedition in all its high drama
Read MoreIn 1588 the greatest war-fleet since the Trojan War was launched against the England of Elizabeth I. A gripping new history tells the familiar story for a new generation
Read MoreEngland's 'bluff king Hal' is put under the microscope in a scathing new biography
Read MoreOur reigning master of vigorous popular history takes on the most vigorous, popular English dynasty of them all
Read MoreElizabeth I's radical decision to remain unmarried gave hope to every aspiring suitor in the Western world - a new reprint marches us quickly through the usual suspects.
Read MoreThe bishops of Durham Cathedral were also secular princes who could settle legal disputes - and raise armies. A study now out in paperback gives the mighty cathedral and priory the history they deserve.
Read MoreA masterful new biography takes Henry VIII down a peg or two
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