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Biography

The Tudors
The Crown, the Dynasty, the Golden Age

by Siobhan Clarke & Linda Collins
Illustrated with contemporary artworks, photographs,
and documents, The Tudors tells the public and private
story of England’s most famous royal family and the
country they ruled.
he Tudors reigned for just over a century (1485–1603), through one of the most
Tcolorful and tumultuous periods in English history, marked by tyranny, rebellion,
religious fanaticism, and threat of invasion. No other dynasty has so impressed itself
on our consciousness, for it was an era just as enthralling and notorious as its por-
trayal in fiction. Beginning on the bloody battlefield of Bosworth, when Henry Tudor
seized the English crown and ended the Wars of the Roses, this book explores the
monarchs who have fascinated readers for centuries—including Henry VIII, famous
for his six marriages and for breaking from Rome; “Bloody Mary” and her attempt to
return England to the Catholic fold; and Elizabeth I, “Gloriana,” who ushered in a new
era of discovery and innovation.
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The Illustrated Letters of Oscar Wilde
Selected and introduced by Juliet Gardiner
Following The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen
and The Illustrated Letters and Diaries of the
Pre-Raphaelites, this unique biography explores
Oscar Wilde through his own words, lavishly illustrated
with paintings, photos, cartoons, and caricatures.
ith his sharp wit and dramatic life, Oscar Wilde is one of the most compelling
Wand entertaining writers of all time. Here, he comes alive through excerpts
drawn from private letters, poems, plays, stories, and quotations. Featuring illustra-
tions by Aubrey Beardsley, Toulouse Lautrec, James Whistler, and Max Beerbohm,
JUNE 2020 among others, this unique biography covers Wilde’s relationships with key writers
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prison and exile form an epitaph, not only to his own life, but also for an era.
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Diaries of the Pre-Raphaelites of Jane Austen
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