In Bed with the Tudors
The Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I
$37.66
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2013
Summary
Learn what went on behind closed doors in the Tudor court. Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Sex and childbirth were quite literally a matter of life or death for the Tudors - Elizabeth of York died in childbirth, two of Henry VIII’s queens were beheaded for infidelity, and Elizabeth I’s elective virginity signalled the demise of a dynasty. Amy Licence guides the reader through the births of Henry VII and Elizabeth of Yor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781445614755 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1445614758 |
| Author: | Amy Licence |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 406g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 124mm |
| Series: | In Bed with the ... |
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A fascinating book examining the sex lives of the Tudors in unprecedented detail’ THE DAILY EXPRESS
About The Author
Amy Licence
Amy Licence has been a teacher for over a decade. She has an MA in Medieval and Tudor Studies and has published several scholarly articles on the Tudor dynasty and Richard III. Her books include Cecily Neville, In Bed With the Tudors, and Living In Squares, Loving In Triangles: The Lives and Loves of Viginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group. Amy has written for THE GUARDIAN, TLS, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE and appeared on BBC radio and television. She lives in Canterbury with her husband and three children.
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