For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a
fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most
enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. Acclaimed historian G. J.
Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild
excess.
In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak
as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France
at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the
family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. Half a
century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his
first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror
aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of
possessing. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations
of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal
that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his
country.
The boy king Edward VI, a fervent believer in reforming the
English church, died before bringing to fruition his dream of a
second English Reformation. Mary I, the disgraced daughter of
Catherine of Aragon, tried and failed to reestablish the Catholic
Church and produce an heir. And finally came Elizabeth I, who
devoted her life to creating an image of herself as Gloriana the
Virgin Queen but, behind that mask, sacrificed all chance of
personal happiness in order to survive.
The Tudors weaves together all the sinners and saints, the
tragedies and triumphs, the high dreams and dark crimes, that
reveal the Tudor era to be, in its enthralling, notorious truth, as
momentous and as fascinating as the fictions audiences have come to
love.
From the Hardcover edition.
關於作者：
G. J. Meyer is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow with an M.A. in
English literature from the University of Minnesota, a onetime
journalist, and holder of Harvard University’s Neiman Fellowship in
Journalism. He has taught at colleges and universities in Des
Moines, St. Louis, and New York. His books include A World
Undone: The Story of the Great War, Executive Blues, and The
Memphis Murders, winner of an Edgar Award for nonfiction from
the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Goring-on-Thames,
England.
From the Hardcover edition.
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