Soon to be a major film starring Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this... Læs mere
Banker, gaoler, smuggler, spy: the many lives of a Tudor power-broker.
Concise historical introduction to Thomas More and his continuing influence on the world and how we see it
Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period.
Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper's merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry II and quickly ascended the rungs of power and privilege. He led 700 knights into battle, brokered peace between warring states and advised King and Pope.
A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today.
With new photography of extraordinarily rare works of art, this pioneering study features discoveries and research essential to understanding the origins and meaning of Buddhist artistic traditions
The author argues that the key to Tudor and early Stuart politics after the fall of Thomas Wolsey can be found in the changing reactions of contemporaries to the competing views of monarchy and polity in the light of the break with Rome.