Rivals in Power: Lives and Letters of the Great Tudor DynastiesDavid Starkey Produced and illustrated in the same style as The Paston Letters, this tells the story of the 16th century through the private letters of five leading noble families. |
Contents
RIVALS IN POWER | 8 |
WAR AND GLORY UNDER A YOUNG KING | 26 |
THE KING AND HIS FAVOURITE COURTIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Anne Boleyn appointed beseech brother Catherine of Aragon Catherine Parr cause Church command Council Councillors Countess Court courtier Cromwell Crown death Devereux doth Duchess Duke of Norfolk Duke of Suffolk Earl Marshal Earl of Essex Earl of Leicester Earl of Shrewsbury Earl of Surrey Edward England English estates executed father favour France friends Grace hath Henry VIII Henry's Hertford Highness honour household Howard humble Jane Grey John King King's knights Lady Jane Grey Leicester's letter Lisle London Lord Admiral Lord Burghley lordship Majesty Majesty's marriage married Mary matter never nobility noble palace Parliament peerage Pembroke person Philip Sidney political pray Prince Privy Chamber Protector Protestant Queen Elizabeth Queen of Scots reign royal servants Seymour Sidney's Sir Henry Sidney Sir Philip Sir Thomas sister Somerset Surrey's thereof things third Duke Thomas Cromwell throne Tower trust Tudor unto VIII's Viscount Warwick wife Wolsey