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TUDORS, THE

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Forthefirsttimeindecades,here,inasinglevolume,isafreshlookatthefabledTudordynasty,comprisingsomeofthemostenigmaticfiguresevertoruleacountry.AcclaimedhistorianG.J.Meyerrevealstheflesh-and-bonerealityinallitswildexcess.In1485,youngHenryTudor,whoseclaimtothethronewassoweakastobealmostlaughable,crossedtheEnglishChannelfromFranceattheheadofaragtaglittlearmyandtookthecrownfromthefamilythathadruledEnglandforalmostfourhundredyears.Halfacenturylaterhisson,HenryVIII,desperatetoridhimselfofhisfirstwifeinordertomarryasecond,launchedareignofterroraimedattakingpowersnopreviousmonarchhadevendreamedofpossessing.Intheprocessheplungedhiskingdomintogenerationsofdivisionanddisorder,creatingalegacyofbloodandbetrayalthatwouldblightthelivesofhischildrenandthedestinyofhiscountry.TheboykingEdwardVI,aferventbelieverinreformingtheEnglishchurch,diedbeforebringingtofruitionhisdreamofasecondEnglishReformation.MaryI,thedisgraceddaughterofCatherineofAragon,triedandfailedtoreestablishtheCatholicChurchandproduceanheir.AndfinallycameElizabethI,whodevotedherlifetocreatinganimageofherselfasGlorianatheVirginQueenbut,behindthatmask,sacrificedallchanceofpersonalhappinessinordertosurvive.TheTudorsweavestogetherallthesinnersandsaints,thetragediesandtriumphs,thehighdreamsanddarkcrimes,thatrevealtheTudoreratobe,initsenthralling,notorioustruth,asmomentousandasfascinatingasthefictionsaudienceshavecometolove.FromtheHardcoveredition.

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G.J.MeyerisaformerWoodrowWilsonFellowwithanM.A.inEnglishliteraturefromtheUniversityofMinnesota,aonetimejournalist,andholderofHarvardUniversity’sNeimanFellowshipinJournalism.HehastaughtatcollegesanduniversitiesinDesMoines,St.Louis,andNewYork.HisbooksincludeAWorldUndone:TheStoryoftheGreatWar,ExecutiveBlues,andTheMemphisMurders,winnerofanEdgarAwardfornonfictionfromtheMysteryWritersofAmerica.HelivesinGoring-on-Thames,England.FromtheHardcoveredition.

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