by NRB | 13 Nov 2014 | Fiction |
A novel of intrigue, heresy, violence and betrayal set in the turmoil of 16th-century England. Beginning with Dissolution in 2003, this the sixth book in Sansom’s highly successful Matthew Shardlake series of novels set in the reign of the second Tudor king – Henry...
by NRB | 17 Oct 2012 | Non-fiction |
The Tudors are endlessly fascinating. This new history examines the effects of one small family on a nation’s identity. Tudors, Volume II in Peter Ackroyd’s planned six-part history of England, has a different tone from that of Volume I, Foundation. In both...
by NRB | 5 Apr 2012 | Non-fiction |
What was Thomas Wyatt’s effect on English poetry? It helps to know Middle English or to have a glossary handy to fully appreciate Chaucer (1343-1400): In al the route was ther young ne oold That he ne seyde it was a noble storie, And worthy for to drawen to...