A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England

A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England by Lipscomb, Suzannah. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780091944841.

Meet the Tudors in this fascinating book about the places where they lived, played and worshipped. For the armchair traveller or those looking for inspiration for a day out, The Visitors Companion to Tudor Englandtakes you to palaces, castles, theatres and abbeys to uncover the stories behind Tudor England. Susannah Lipscomb visits over fifty Tudor places, from the famous palace at Hampton Court where dangerous court intrigue was rife, to less well-known houses, such as Anne Boleyns childhood home at Hever Castle or Tutbury Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned. In the corridors of power and the courtyards of country houses we meet the passionate but tragic Kateryn Parr, Henry VIIIs last wife, Lady Jane Grey the nine-day queen, and hear how Sir Walter Raleigh planned his trip to the New World. Through the places that defined them, this lively and engaging book reveals the rich history of the Tudors and paints a vivid and captivating picture of what it would have been like to live in Tudor England.