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What was it like to live as a royal Tudor? Why were their residences built as they were and what went on inside their walls? Who slept where and with who? Who chose the furnishings? And what were their passions?The Tudors ruled through the day, throughout the night, in the bath, in bed and in the saddle
What was it like to live as a royal Tudor? Why were their residences built as they were and what went on inside their walls? Who slept where and with who? Who chose the furnishings? And what were their passions?The Tudors ruled through the day, throughout the night, in the bath, in bed and in the saddle. Their palaces were genuine power houses - the nerve-centre of military operations, the boardroom for all executive decisions and the core of international politics. Houses of Poweris the result of Simon Thurley's thirty years of research, picking through architectural digs, and examining financial accounts, original plans and drawings to reconstruct the great Tudor houses and understand how these monarchs shaped their lives. Far more than simply an architectural history - a study of private life as well as politics, diplomacy and court - it gives an entirely new and remarkable insight into the Tudor world.Includes-A Baynard's CastleA Bridewell PalaceA ColdharbourA Durham PlaceA Eltham PalaceA Friars' churches at Greenwich and RichmondA Kennington PalaceA BlackfriarsA Palace of WestminsterA Somerset PlaceA St James's PalaceA St Paul'sA Suffolk PlaceA Tower of LondonA Westminster AbbeyA Whitehall Palace (formerly York Place)A Dartford PrioryA EnfieldA Esher PlaceA Hampton Court PalaceA Hanworth HouseA Havering-atte-BowerA Nonsuch PalaceA Oatlands PalaceA Richmond PalaceA Syon MonasteryA Wanstead HouseA Windsor CastleA Woking PalaceA Abingdon Abbey (now in Oxfordshire)A Reading AbbeyA Ditton HouseA Basing HouseA Birling HouseA Cobham HallA Dover CastleA KnoleA Leeds CastleA OtfordA Rochester PrioryA St Augustine's Priory, CanterburyA Westenhanger CastleA Woodstock PalaceA Guildford FriaryA Woking HouseA Cowdray HouseA Petworth HouseA Beaulieu (formerly New Hall)A Ingatestone HallA Ruckholt ManorA Ewelme ManorA Thornbury CastleA WolfhallA Loughborough HallA Burghley HouseA Collyweston HouseA Fotheringay CastleA Grafton ManorA Nottingham CastleA Ludlow CastleA Kenilworth CastleA Royal House, LangleyA Tickenhill ManorA Ampthill HouseA Ashridge PrioryA Berkhampstead CastleA Hatfield HouseA HitchinA
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