The History of England: Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I (Series #2) (Paperback)

from Waltersgn

A study of the Reformation in England. Good background to understand the English Civil War under Cromwell.

from Opinionated

When I was in junior school in England, way back when, I used to have a little book called "Life and Times of The Kings and Queens of England". I suspect Peter Ackroyd did too and has taken it as his model. Greatly expanded of course, but this is not a history of England, its the life and times o...

from johnwbeha

Typically of Ackroyd, this book is beautifully written, he uses his novelist's skill to tell us a very complicated story. As he sums it up, the theme of this book is reformation, both of the church and of government. Oddly he essentially dispenses with Henry VII and dives straight into Henry VIII...

from UberButter

Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I by Peter Ackroyd 528 pages★★★★ I believe this title and subtitle make this book fairly obvious so I'll skip much of a synopsis on this one. It's the history...of England...during the rule of Henry VIII to Elizabeth I. It focuses more o...

from mimal

bookshelves: net-galley, history, autumn-2013, published-2012, tudor Read from September 06 to 11, 2013 ARC from NetGalley. St. Martin's Press and Thomas Dunne Books are just about my favourite dynamic duo. Two Ackroyds on the go, one slow read through the labyrinthian alleys of Venice, where I g...