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"- 'Mr Ridley has written a meticulous, sane and lucid book.' (The Freemasons) The Economist Review Feb 2000 - 'Masterly, rich, comprehensive, and consistently fair, intelligent and readable.' (Lord Palmerston)- Michael Foot, Evening Standard, London - '...scholarly, lucid and judicious..."Definitive" is a foolish word to apply to history but it will be a long time before we read a biography of Louis Napoleon and Eugenie which better deserves the appellation.'(Napoleon III & Eugenie) - Philip Ziegler, The Times
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From the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army, at Milford in 1485, to the death of the great Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, this was an astonishingly eventful and contradictory age. All the strands of Tudor life are gathered in a rich tapestry - London and the country, costumes, furniture and food, travel, medicine, sports and pastimes, grand tournaments and the great flowering of English drama, juxtaposed with the stultifying narrowness of peasant life, terrible roads, a vast underclass, the harsh treatment of heretics and traitors, and the misery of the Plague.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ridley's book is a highly readable account of aspects of Tudor England not particularly addressed in any of the standard biographies. If one feels a little squeamish reading the chapter detailing punishments for criminals, then there is plenty of other fascinating information on the road systems, dress, housing, seafaring and pastimes along with a look at Tudor London. A lot has changed in 500 years and this book is excellent for understanding the machinery of everyday life for everyone from King and Queen to peasant.
I do have one complaint about this book though. It seems that no Tudor historian can view the Wars of the Roses period without a severe pro-Lancastrian bias and by looking on Henry VII as some sort of saviour. Ridley makes several mentions of Elizabeth of York having been 'imprisoned' by Richard III at Sheriffhutton (that's Sheriff Hutton to the rest of us), which is nonsense, and does serve to undermine this otherwise well written and researched volume. At this point I was tempted to throw the book across the room in disgust. The opening chronology is useful for reference, but I would assume that anyone picking up this volume would have a basic knowledge of the major events over the Tudor period, so the overview in the first chapter is in my opinion unnecessary, overly basic and if I'm completely honest, just a little bit patronising. Take my advice and skip this bit and get stuck straight away into the interesting stuff!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book in error. I actually wanted a detailed account of the doings of H.VIII to clear up some liberties taken with historical fact by the script writers of 'The Tudors'. This is not the right book for that.
I found myself in a detailed and comprehensive description of all things Tudor, from taxation to the laws proscribing who may wear what hat made of what material [and we think we live in a nanny state!]
For a broad sweep of life in Tudor times, from sex and marriage to economics and architecture, I found this book really interesting, written with a light touch perfectly suitable for non-academics like me.
Very highly recommended.
I found myself in a detailed and comprehensive description of all things Tudor, from taxation to the laws proscribing who may wear what hat made of what material [and we think we live in a nanny state!]
For a broad sweep of life in Tudor times, from sex and marriage to economics and architecture, I found this book really interesting, written with a light touch perfectly suitable for non-academics like me.
Very highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book for my husband. He is a tour guide in a Tudor House, and says it is an excellent reference book for that period. He often dips into it for useful titbits to use when talking to the visitors.
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should be ten times the price
Not just an astoundingly good book crammed with meaningful stuff, but probably an important book of and about human civilisation generally (contemporary with Cortes and the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. Dennett
excellent read
This book contains lots of in depth information but not to the point of being boring, overall an excellent read and recommended.
Published 21 months ago by Patrick Woodley
A brief history of the tudor age
This is a perfect book to dip into or read in a more leisured way. The chapters are a good size and even for a beginner gives a good overview of Tudor life. Read more
Published on 14 May 2010 by M. Diffey
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