Banker, Gaoler, Smuggler, Spy: the many lives of a Tudor power-broker
John Guy is a Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge, and also teaches on the Yale in London programme at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. He has held academic positions in Britain and the United States throughout his career, specializing mainly in the Tudor period. He is recognised as one of Britain's most exciting historical biographers, has written several bestselling books, and is a regular presenter of both TV and Radio programs for the BBC.
Guy's handling of this story offers an often vivid picture of the
private world in which Gresham moved.
*The Observer*
'Certain to be a bestseller, and deservedly so. Rarely have
first-class scholarship and first-class storytelling been so
effectively combined.'
*Daily Telegraph*
a serious, but entertaining study built on exceptional scholarship
... a riveting account of the life and legacy of a significant
figure
*the Times*
[Shows] that Tudor kings and queens were nothing without their
bankers.
*FT*
[Guy] is an expert guide ... [through] Gresham's personal
archives
*Telegraph*
Praise for My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots:
Fascinating... A book based on gold-standard research, the kind of
thing that puts most popular history writing to shame.
*Mail on Sunday*
An absorbing biography ... meticulously researched... scholarly and
intriguing.
*The Times*
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