Susan Brigden: 3 books
by Susan Brigden
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
London and the Reformation (1989) was the first book by Susan Brigden (later to win the prestigious Wolfson Prize for her Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest). It tells of London's sixteenth-century transformation by a new faith that was both fervently evangelised and fiercely resisted, as a succession...
New Worlds, Lost Worlds
The Rule of the Tudors, 1485-1603
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2002
No period in British history has more resonance and mystery today than the sixteenth century. New Worlds, Lost Worlds brings the atmosphere and events of this great epoch to life. Exploring the underlying religious motivations for the savage violence and turbulence of the period-from Henry VIII's...
The Penguin History of Britain
New Worlds, Lost Worlds:The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1630
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2001
No period in British history today retains more resonance and mystery than the sixteenth century. The leading figures of the time have become almost mythical, and the terrors and grandeurs of Tudor Britain have resonance with even the least historically minded readers. Above all Brigden sees the key...