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- Summary
- Meyer's fresh storytelling ability breathes new life into the history of the Tudor family and Tudor England's precarious place in world politics, the critical role religion played in government, and the blossoming of English theater and literature
- Language
- eng
- Note
- Title from eBook information screen
- Contents
-
- Family tree
- A Tudor timeline
- August 22, 1485: the Battle of Bosworth, an exile returns
- An Excess of Good Fortune: 1485-1532
- The luck of Henry Tudor: the king who had (almost) everything
- The King's great matter: his pursuit of an annulment and of Anne Boleyn
- Frustration and embarrassment: Queen Catherine resists, and finds support
- Radical departures: moving the line between church and state
- Another way devised: a policy of winning by intimidation and terror
- A revolution in the making: Henry raises the stakes
- A thunderbolt falls: the royal ultimatum
- Submission: the archbishop of Canterbury surrenders
- Consummation: the king beds, then weds, Anne Boleyn
- Monster: 1533-1547
- First blood: the destruction of the nun of Kent
- Supremacy: Parliament acknowledges the king's new powers
- "We will all die" : destructuion of the charterhouse monks, and of John Fisher-- "Preserve my friends from such favors" : trial and execution of Thomas More; the monastic visits
- All but Godlike: Anne Boleyn is replaced; the smaller monasteries destroyed
- Rebellion and betrayal: explosion, the pilgrimage of Grace; King Henry gets his son --The last of Henry: three more wives, money trouble, a final torrent of killings
- A King too Soon and a Queen too Late: 1547-1558
- A new beginning: evangelicals triumph; Edward Seymour assumes command
- England's second reformation: Henry VIII's church dismantled; the fall of Seymour
- A revolution and a coup: the rise of John Dudley, the death of Edward VI, the brief reign of Jane Grey
- Another new beginning: Mary I and the restoration of the old religion
- And another early end: dreams turn to dust
- Survivor: 1558-1603
- Yet another new beginning: the return to Protestantism
- The succession, again: Robert Dudley and the hope for an heir
- A torrent of miseries: religion, the succession, and Mary, Queen of Scots
- Actions, reactions, provocations: trouble in France, trouble with Spain; rebellion in the Netherlands
- A horrific tangle and war at last: years of meddling produce war in the Netherlands
- The last favorite: the rise of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
- A seat at the table: the rivalry of Essex and Robert Cecil
- The last act: the fall of Essex; the dismal final decade of the Tudor Age
- Isbn
- 9780440339144
- Label
- The Tudors : the complete story of England's most notorious dynasty
- Title
- The Tudors
- Title remainder
- the complete story of England's most notorious dynasty
- Statement of responsibility
- G.J. Meyer
- Title variation
- Tudors
- Title variation remainder
- the complete story of Englands most notorious dynasty
- Subject
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- Electronic books
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
- Nonfiction
- trueGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603
- trueLife stories -- People in history | Famous families
- trueRoyal houses
- trueTudor period (1485-1603) -- 1485 -- 1603
- trueMonarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century
- trueRulers
- trueCollective biographies
- trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
- trueTudor, House of
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Royalty
- true16th century -- 1501 -- 1600
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Meyer's fresh storytelling ability breathes new life into the history of the Tudor family and Tudor England's precarious place in world politics, the critical role religion played in government, and the blossoming of English theater and literature
- Summary
- Meyer's fresh storytelling ability breathes new life into the history of the Tudor family and Tudor England's precarious place in world politics, the critical role religion played in government, and the blossoming of English theater and literature
- Award
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2010.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 338044
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- Characteristic
- document
- Dewey number
- 942.05
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DA315
- LC item number
- .M477 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the complete story of England's most notorious dynasty
- Label
- The Tudors : the complete story of England's most notorious dynasty, G.J. Meyer, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Title from eBook information screen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- Family tree -- A Tudor timeline -- August 22, 1485: the Battle of Bosworth, an exile returns -- An Excess of Good Fortune: 1485-1532 -- The luck of Henry Tudor: the king who had (almost) everything -- The King's great matter: his pursuit of an annulment and of Anne Boleyn -- Frustration and embarrassment: Queen Catherine resists, and finds support -- Radical departures: moving the line between church and state -- Another way devised: a policy of winning by intimidation and terror -- A revolution in the making: Henry raises the stakes -- A thunderbolt falls: the royal ultimatum -- Submission: the archbishop of Canterbury surrenders -- Consummation: the king beds, then weds, Anne Boleyn -- Monster: 1533-1547 -- First blood: the destruction of the nun of Kent -- Supremacy: Parliament acknowledges the king's new powers -- "We will all die" : destructuion of the charterhouse monks, and of John Fisher-- "Preserve my friends from such favors" : trial and execution of Thomas More; the monastic visits -- All but Godlike: Anne Boleyn is replaced; the smaller monasteries destroyed -- Rebellion and betrayal: explosion, the pilgrimage of Grace; King Henry gets his son --The last of Henry: three more wives, money trouble, a final torrent of killings -- A King too Soon and a Queen too Late: 1547-1558 -- A new beginning: evangelicals triumph; Edward Seymour assumes command -- England's second reformation: Henry VIII's church dismantled; the fall of Seymour -- A revolution and a coup: the rise of John Dudley, the death of Edward VI, the brief reign of Jane Grey -- Another new beginning: Mary I and the restoration of the old religion -- And another early end: dreams turn to dust -- Survivor: 1558-1603 -- Yet another new beginning: the return to Protestantism -- The succession, again: Robert Dudley and the hope for an heir -- A torrent of miseries: religion, the succession, and Mary, Queen of Scots -- Actions, reactions, provocations: trouble in France, trouble with Spain; rebellion in the Netherlands -- A horrific tangle and war at last: years of meddling produce war in the Netherlands -- The last favorite: the rise of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex -- A seat at the table: the rivalry of Essex and Robert Cecil -- The last act: the fall of Essex; the dismal final decade of the Tudor Age
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780440339144
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 98F9AD8A-0FBB-4626-BBE1-DFC49607BC15
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o646494875
- (OCoLC)646494875
- System details
- Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3033 KB)
- Label
- The Tudors : the complete story of England's most notorious dynasty, G.J. Meyer, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Title from eBook information screen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- Family tree -- A Tudor timeline -- August 22, 1485: the Battle of Bosworth, an exile returns -- An Excess of Good Fortune: 1485-1532 -- The luck of Henry Tudor: the king who had (almost) everything -- The King's great matter: his pursuit of an annulment and of Anne Boleyn -- Frustration and embarrassment: Queen Catherine resists, and finds support -- Radical departures: moving the line between church and state -- Another way devised: a policy of winning by intimidation and terror -- A revolution in the making: Henry raises the stakes -- A thunderbolt falls: the royal ultimatum -- Submission: the archbishop of Canterbury surrenders -- Consummation: the king beds, then weds, Anne Boleyn -- Monster: 1533-1547 -- First blood: the destruction of the nun of Kent -- Supremacy: Parliament acknowledges the king's new powers -- "We will all die" : destructuion of the charterhouse monks, and of John Fisher-- "Preserve my friends from such favors" : trial and execution of Thomas More; the monastic visits -- All but Godlike: Anne Boleyn is replaced; the smaller monasteries destroyed -- Rebellion and betrayal: explosion, the pilgrimage of Grace; King Henry gets his son --The last of Henry: three more wives, money trouble, a final torrent of killings -- A King too Soon and a Queen too Late: 1547-1558 -- A new beginning: evangelicals triumph; Edward Seymour assumes command -- England's second reformation: Henry VIII's church dismantled; the fall of Seymour -- A revolution and a coup: the rise of John Dudley, the death of Edward VI, the brief reign of Jane Grey -- Another new beginning: Mary I and the restoration of the old religion -- And another early end: dreams turn to dust -- Survivor: 1558-1603 -- Yet another new beginning: the return to Protestantism -- The succession, again: Robert Dudley and the hope for an heir -- A torrent of miseries: religion, the succession, and Mary, Queen of Scots -- Actions, reactions, provocations: trouble in France, trouble with Spain; rebellion in the Netherlands -- A horrific tangle and war at last: years of meddling produce war in the Netherlands -- The last favorite: the rise of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex -- A seat at the table: the rivalry of Essex and Robert Cecil -- The last act: the fall of Essex; the dismal final decade of the Tudor Age
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780440339144
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 98F9AD8A-0FBB-4626-BBE1-DFC49607BC15
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o646494875
- (OCoLC)646494875
- System details
- Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3033 KB)
Subject
- true16th century -- 1501 -- 1600
- trueCollective biographies
- Electronic books
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
- trueGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603
- trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
- trueLife stories -- People in history | Famous families
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Royalty
- trueMonarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century
- Nonfiction
- trueRoyal houses
- trueRulers
- trueTudor period (1485-1603) -- 1485 -- 1603
- trueTudor, House of
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