Results for "Guy, John"

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Anne’s triumph and tragedy." —Tina Brown, New York Times Book Review “A sumptuous drama of lust, intrigue, and betrayal, underpinned by the harsh r... Read More about Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Anne’s triumph and tragedy." —Tina Brown, New York Times Book Review “A sumptuous drama of lust, intrigue, and betrayal, underpinned by the harsh r... Read More about Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

A richly illustrated collection commemorating the bicentenary of the oldest university in Wales.  An Unfolding Vision commemorates the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s bicentennial through a collection of essays about collegiate life. A substantial update to the 175th-anniversary colle... Read More about An Unfolding Vision: The University of Wales Trinity Saint David 1822–2022

The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this Very Short Introduction. Looking at all aspects of the period, from beginning to end, he considers T... Read More about The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

This book is about the politics and political culture of the "last decade" of the reign of Elizabeth I, in effect the years 1585 to 1603. It takes a critical and provocative look at the declining Virgin Queen. Many teachers and their students have failed to consider the "last decade" in its own righ... Read More about The Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade

Examining aspects of law, history, art, drama and literature, this study represents an original interpretation of a hidden culture: the arcane world of the early modern legal community, and its attempts to restrict governmental power during the period 1558 to 1660. Based at the Inns of Court in Lond... Read More about Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England: Justice and Political Power, 1558 1660 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)