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Title The private lives of the Tudors [electronic resource eBook] : uncovering the secrets of Britain's greatest dynasty / Tracy Borman.


BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
NOTE First published: Great Britain : Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company, 2016.
Contents Introduction: 'The public self and the private' -- Henry VII. 'Infinitely suspicious' ; 'Not admitting any near approach' ; 'Closeted away like a girl' -- Henry VIII. 'Their business is in many secrets' ; 'Lay hands upon his royal person' ; 'She excelled them all' ; 'A thin, old, and vicious hack' ; 'True carnal copulation' ; 'Kings and Emperors all be but mortal' -- Edward VI. 'Being yet but a child' -- Mary I. 'Thinking myself to be with child' -- Elizabeth I. 'We highly commend the single life' ; 'She seldom partakes before strangers' ; 'A thousand eyes see all I do' ; 'I am soft and made of melting snow' ; 'The crooked carcass' -- Epilogue: 'Such lack of good order'.
Summary An examination behind the public faces of the Tudor monarchs draws on material from their most intimate courtiers to illuminate details about their private worlds, from what they ate and the clothes they wore to how they were treated while sick.
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: Adobe EPUB eBook.
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Other edition Reproduction of (manifestation):
Borman, Tracy. Private lives of the Tudors London : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, [2016] 9781444782899.
Original 9780802125996
Subject Tudor, House of.
Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- History.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
Genre Electronic books.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
Other title Uncovering the secrets of Britain's greatest dynasty
ISBN 9780802189806
0802189806
STANDARD # B986D1F7-1843-490F-8B20-B24B51120D8F OverDrive