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Carregando... Tudor Chronicles (Quercus Chronicles) (edição: 2008)de Susan Doran
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Entertaining and well-laid out book that provides an overview of the history of England during the Tudor dynasty. The choice of illustrations is quite good, and is the outstanding feature of the book, since they are well-placed to illuminate the text narrative. Be forewarned: this is a very heavy book, physically. Not precisely bed reading! ( ) This is a wonderful book for anyone who'd like to know more about the period in which the Tudors reigned. It has full pages of beautiful paintings of people and batles at the time. It's not supposed to be a real profound source of information about the Tudors, but rather, like the title implies, it's a chronicle year by year about the main events of one of the most important moments in British history. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
The Tudor period (1485 to 1603) marks in the minds of many the emergence of an English national identity. Defined by the totemic figure of the virgin queen - Elizabeth I - it witnessed the end of the dynastic uncertainties of the Wars of the Roses, the creation and triumph of the Anglican Church; the successful repulsion of foreign invaders and the beginnings of the adventure of empire; the blossoming of a sublimely gifted generation of musical composers, including Thomas Tallis and William Byrd; and the flowering of English poetry and drama, culminating in the glories of Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. But it was also a period wracked by rebellion, invasion scares, sectarian strife, and - increasingly - by worries about dynastic succession.The Tudor Chronicles is a compelling, year-by-year chronology of this tumultuous and critical period in the development of the modern English nation. Each year is covered by a concise, informative and accessible narrative, amplified by extensive quotations from contemporary sources and accompanied by generously captioned and stunning images of the period - including portraits, maps, illuminations, royal seals, tapestries and other artefacts.Authoritative, informative and sumptuous, and compiled by a scholar who is steeped in knowledge of the period, The Tudor Chronicles brings a glorious era of English history dramatically and vividly to life. It is the perfect gift book for anyone with a love of, or fascination for, 16th-century English history. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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