A talented young historian breathes life into the terrors and grandeurs of Britain's most fascinating age during the rule of the Tudors, 1485-1603. Halftones & maps throughout.
Susan Brigden Libros
"Thomas Wyatt was the first modern voice in English poetry. Revered at the court of Henry VIII, his poetry held a mirror to its secret, capricious world, alluding darkly to events that it might be death to describe. Thought to be the lover of Anne Boleyn, Wyatt was also the devoted 'slave' of Katherine of Aragon, and in the Tower, he was both betrayer and betrayed.
