Houses of Power The Places That Shaped the Tudor World

'Excellent . . . Fresh, learned, readable and full of life' Dan Jones, Mail on Sunday Houses of Power is the result of Simon Thurley's thirty years of research, picking through architectural digs, and examining financial accounts, original plans and drawings to reconstruct the great Tudor houses and understand how these monarchs shaped their lives.________What was it like to live as a royal Tudor? Why were their residences built as they were and what went on inside their walls? Who slept where and with who? Who chose the furnishings? And what were their passions?________The Tudors ruled through the day, throughout the night, in the bath, in bed and in the saddle. Their palaces were genuine power houses - the nerve-centre of military operations, the boardroom for all executive decisions and the core of international politics. Far more than simply an architectural history - a study of private life as well as politics, diplomacy and court - it gives an entirely new and remarkable insight into the Tudor world.

ISBN:	9781784160494
Publisher:	Transworld
Imprint:	Black Swan
Published date:	04 Apr 2019
DEWEY:	725.17094209031
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xi, 480 , 16 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	368g
Height:	129mm
Width:	196mm
Spine width:	32mm

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