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Leanda de Lisle reveals such hidden depths in the vivid history of England's most famous dynasty --The American Conservative Deeply researched but vibrantly accessible. -- Wall Street Journal Leanda de Lisle has the gift of reminding us that history is the story of real people; real men, real women, full of rage and ambition and lust and hope and love. The Tudors are already our most vivid dynasty, by quite a long chalk, but these pages render them more vivid still. This was an age when the game was worth the candle, when a chance remark could result in a crown or the axe. Wonderful, passionate, dangerous, fascinating stuff. I couldn't put it down. --Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey This fresh take on the Tudor dynasty is history at its best... an engaging and well-sourced account, sprinkled with provocative anecdotes that will appeal to both scholars and general readers... This compelling tale is driven by three-dimensional people and relationships, and de Lisle does a fantastic job of making them feel lived and dramatic. -- Publishers Weekly, starred A reliable and amply researched guide. -- Kirkus Reviews Enjoyable, well-written... De Lisle examines the key events and characters that make the Tudor story interesting... This is a very well-done popular history ideal for general readers. -- Booklist Six centuries after they began, the Tudors are still England's most famous family. Their story is told in full in Leanda de Lisle's Tudor, a wonderfully fluent portrait of five generations that connects the often overlooked fifteenth century Tudors with the more famous stuff. In bridging this divide, de Lisle brings an entirely fresh feel to the Tudor story, reminding us of the one thing the monarchs themselves wanted us to forget: the sheer improbability of their royal rule. --The Times (London) Europe has produced no family saga that could match the Tudors. Rarely has that story been so well told as here. -- The Mail De Lisle's masterful command of the facts -- great and small -- provides a complete and entertaining overview. -- The Guardian

Leanda de Lisle reveals such hidden depths in the vivid history of England's most famous dynasty -- The American Conservative Deeply researched but vibrantly accessible. -- Wall Street Journal Leanda de Lisle has the gift of reminding us that history is the story of real people; real men, real women, full of rage and ambition and lust and hope and love. The Tudors are already our most vivid dynasty, by quite a long chalk, but these pages render them more vivid still. This was an age when the game was worth the candle, when a chance remark could result in a crown or the axe. Wonderful, passionate, dangerous, fascinating stuff. I couldn't put it down. --Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey This fresh take on the Tudor dynasty is history at its best... an engaging and well-sourced account, sprinkled with provocative anecdotes that will appeal to both scholars and general readers... This compelling tale is driven by three-dimensional people and relationships, and de Lisle does a fantastic job of making them feel lived and dramatic. -- Publishers Weekly, starred A reliable and amply researched guide. -- Kirkus Reviews Enjoyable, well-written... De Lisle examines the key events and characters that make the Tudor story interesting... This is a very well-done popular history ideal for general readers. -- Booklist Six centuries after they began, the Tudors are still England's most famous family. Their story is told in full in Leanda de Lisle's Tudor, a wonderfully fluent portrait of five generations that connects the often overlooked fifteenth century Tudors with the more famous stuff. In bridging this divide, de Lisle brings an entirely fresh feel to the Tudor story, reminding us of the one thing the monarchs themselves wanted us to forget: the sheer improbability of their royal rule. -- The Times (London) Europe has produced no family saga that could match the Tudors. Rarely has that story been so well told as here. -- The Mail De Lisle's masterful command of the facts - great and small - provides a complete and entertaining overview. -- The Guardian Leanda de Lisle's accomplished survey of the 'Renaissance romance and gothic horror' of the Tudor era provides a vibrant reappraisal of this turbulent family saga... she introduces a different perspective. Avoiding sensationalism, she is meticulous in her use of sources. Her account confirms the Tudors as one of history's great success stories, even though their reigns were marked by bloodshed, religious upheaval and the fearful prospect of a disputed succession. -- The Spectator Absorbing... In de Lisle's hands, this is a deeply human tale, a family tree come to vivid life, rather than a narrative of politics and power structures. -- The Sunday Telegraph [De Lisle's] crisp, uninterfering style lets the story tell itself. Almost every page is vivid with the well-noted detail. -- The Telegraph Tudor is a gripping account of a family riven by passionate jealousies, murderous ambitions, and crippling tragedies. Leanda de Lisle is a master storyteller, and this is her greatest work yet. Immersive and exhaustively researched, Tudor is a triumph. --Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

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Leanda de Lisle is the highly acclaimed author of The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey and After Elizabeth: The Death of Elizabeth and the Coming of King James. She has been a columnist at the Spectator, Country Life, the Guardian, the Sunday Telegraph, and the Daily Express, and writes for the Daily Mail, the New Statesman, and the Sunday Telegraph. She lives in Leicestershire.

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