The Tudor Age

This history of Britain from Henry VII's accession to Elizabeth I's death treats the Tudor century as a time when Reformation broke a shared religious world and new seas opened. Brigden follows court politics and succession through Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth, while giving weight to parish belief, Ireland, the Armada, and the lure of the New World. Marriage, poverty, witchcraft scares, and the writing of More, Marlowe, and Shakespeare appear beside the familiar plots. The book is a single-volume political and social history, not a biography of one monarch.

Bound in cloth blocked with a wrap-around colour image. Gilded top edge. Dark blue slipcase front blocked with a black design.