Bosworth : The Birth of the Tudors
Author(s): Chris Skidmore
On the morning of 22 August 1485, in fields several miles from Bosworth, two armies faced each other, ready for battle. The might of Richard III's army was pitted against the inferior forces of the upstart pretender to the crown, Henry Tudor, a 28-year-old Welshman who had just arrived back on British soil after fourteen years in exile. Yet this was to be a fight to the death - only one man could survive; only one could claim the throne. It would become one of the most legendary battles in English history: the only successful invasion since Hastings, it was the last time a king died on the battlefield. But BOSWORTH is much more than the account of the dramatic events of that fateful day in August. It is a tale of brutal feuds and deadly civil wars, and the remarkable rise of the Tudor family from obscure Welsh gentry to the throne of England - a story that began sixty years earlier with Owen Tudor's affair with Henry V's widow, Katherine of Valois. Drawing on eyewitness reports, newly discovered manuscripts and the latest archaeological evidence, Chris Skidmore vividly recreates this battle-scarred world in an epic saga of treachery and ruthlessness, death and deception and the birth of the Tudor dynasty.
2013, First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a fine, unclipped d/w that is now in a protective cover.
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The battle that changed the course of English history.
one of our brightest young historians David Starkey Skidmore weaves the densely packed dramas of his subject's reign into a thoroughly absorbing narrative The Sunday Times Skidmore leaves his reader convinced that Edward's reign is crucial in English history ... he writes with clarity and verve Hilary Mantel fresh and lively style... Skidmore's evident literary flair is never allowed to get in the way of sound historical judgements. TLS Skidmore writes brilliantly and his research is impeccable. -- John Guy The Sunday Times The books of Skidmore ... should be required reading for everyone who gets their history from television -- Linda Porter History Today
Chris Skidmore was born in Bristol in 1981. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a St Cyre's and Dixon Scholar and President of the Oxford University Historical Society. He graduated in 2002 with a double first and was awarded the Gibbs Prize. He was an adviser and researcher to Bristol's bid for European Capital City of Culture 2008 and, more recently, was research assistant to Robert Lacey for his Great Tales of English History series. He currently works as a special adviser to Michael Gove MP. Visit Chris Skidmore's website at www.chrisskidmore.co.uk
General Fields
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- : Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- : 0.776
- : 01 March 2013
- : 238mm X 160mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 July 2013
- : 01 March 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : 30, 4 maps
- : 464
- : 942.046
- : 1
- : Hardback
- : Chris Skidmore