The bestselling historian finds a new way to look at the most famous English royal dynasty
Sarah Gristwood is the author of four previous books of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century history: the Sunday Times bestseller Arbella: England’s Lost Queen; Elizabeth & Leicester; Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses; and the widely-translated Game of Queens. A former journalist, contributing to papers such as the Guardian and the Telegraph, she has also written a number of books on twentieth-century subjects. She features frequently at history festivals, and on radio and television discussing the past and present of Britain’s monarchy. @sarahgristwood
‘Sarah Gristwood’s book is a masterclass in marshalling a vast
canon of research into a riveting, pacy page-turner… Here are the
Tudors – and a good few others – as you have never seen them
before.’
*Alison Weir*
‘One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in
a generation.’
*Tracy Borman, author of The Private Lives of the
Tudors*
‘This book stands out on the crowded bookshelves… [Gristwood] does
a superb job in distilling the vast amount of modern scholarship on
this topic… The Tudors in Love also expertly tells the story
of a two-way love affair — that of the Tudors with their imagined
past and ours with the Tudors.’
*Gareth Russell, The Times*
‘Just when we think we know everything about the Tudors, along
comes a book that turns that all on its head… The prose is as
seductive as the subject matter. Be prepared to fall in love.’
*BBC History Magazine, Books of the Year 2021*
‘With verve and erudition Gristwood takes us to the dark heart of
courtly love and exposes the deadly Tudor dance of sex and
power.’
*Leanda de Lisle, author of Tudor: The Family Story*
‘Meticulously researched and beautifully crafted into a narrative
that reads like a romance, prepare to see the Tudors as you’ve
never seen them before. The Tudors in Love is a magnificent work of
art painted by one of our most exceptional historians. Nobody
writes like Sarah Gristwood, truly stunning.’
*Nicola Tallis, author of Uncrowned Queen*
‘Captivating and entrancing, the exquisitely detailed The Tudors in
Love explores the entanglements of love, sex, marriage and politics
in the Tudor dynasty, revealing how the famously spectacular love
affairs intersected with political propaganda and the business of
governing, and how the medieval game of courtly love became pressed
into the business of shoring up a brand-new monarchy. Full of
insight and fascinating.’
*Kate Williams, author of Rival Queens*
‘One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in
a generation. The seductively rich prose and endlessly engaging
narrative bring an entirely fresh perspective to this celebrated
dynasty. By placing courtly love on an equal footing with war,
politics and religion, Sarah Gristwood unlocks the Tudor mindset –
with fascinating and often surprising results. Never mind the
Tudors, I’m in love…with this book.’
*Tracy Borman, author of The Private Lives of the
Tudors*
‘A highbrow chronicle.’
*Daily Mail*
‘Reading The Tudors in Love feels like having a cipher to decode
the letters that passed between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her
Catholic conspirators. For the first time there are satisfying
answers to such conundrums as why Henry VIII took six wives (and
executed two of them) and why the male favorites of his daughter
Elizabeth I worshipped her as a goddess, even in old age.’
*Wall Street Journal, Best Books on the British
Monarchy*
'Passionately written.'
*The Economist*
‘The ideas and analysis are fascinating.’
*Tudor Times*
‘It is rare that a book doesn’t just offer new knowledge
(previously ignored facts or under-reported quirky episodes)
but new ways of thinking. This is what The Tudors in
Love does: it invites and encourages an entirely new way of
considering how these well-known figures interacted with one
another… there is much here that will be new. This marvellously
readable book is like discovering a Rosetta Stone, whereby we don’t
just discover what people did and how they did it but come to
understand the language of courtship and love as something quite
alien to modern conceptions and expectations.’
*Aspects of History, Best Books of 2021*
‘The Tudors in Love provides a unique lens on this period and
shows how courtships shaped everything, down to power and politics…
this fascinating read presents Tudor history as you’ve never seen
it before, and provides a compelling insight into the evolution of
the social codes of romance.’
*This England*
‘Sarah Gristwood is one of our finest historians, and a great
writer. Her latest book is a masterclass in marshalling a vast
canon of research into a riveting, pacy page-turner. She takes us
on a virtuoso romp through the loves and tropes of medieval and
Tudor royalty, all seen from the novel perspective of courtly
love… here are the Tudors (and a good few others) as you have
never seen them before… Gristwood’s inimitable style is
elegant, her approach concise, measured and incisive.’
*Alison Weir, Catholic Herald*
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