Edward Seymour: Lord Protector
Tudor King in All but Name
Nonfiction, History, British, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Margaret Scard | ISBN: | 9780750969680 |
| Publisher: | The History Press | Publication: | October 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Margaret Scard |
| ISBN: | 9780750969680 |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Publication: | October 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
On the accession of the boy king, Edward VI in 1547, his uncle Edward Seymour became Lord Protector, Duke of Somerset and, overnight, the most powerful man in England. Foremost amongst the group of ambitious men who sought to govern, Seymour's usurpation of power set him on a course that ended on the block. To the common-folk Seymour was "The Good Duke," but to his fellow councillors he was a traitor. This is a story of power and ambition, failure and execution.
On the accession of the boy king, Edward VI in 1547, his uncle Edward Seymour became Lord Protector, Duke of Somerset and, overnight, the most powerful man in England. Foremost amongst the group of ambitious men who sought to govern, Seymour's usurpation of power set him on a course that ended on the block. To the common-folk Seymour was "The Good Duke," but to his fellow councillors he was a traitor. This is a story of power and ambition, failure and execution.
