House of Treason: The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Dynasty - Softcover

Hutchinson, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753826909 ISBN 13: 9780753826904

Publisher: Orion Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

King-makers - Conspirators - Criminals - Nobles - Seducers

The Howard family - the Dukes of Norfolk - were the wealthiest and most powerful aristocrats in Tudor England, regarding themselves as the true power behind the throne. They were certainly extraordinarily influential, with two Howard women marrying Henry VIII - Anne Boleyn and the fifteen-year-old Catherine Howard. But in the treacherous world of the Tudor court no faction could afford to rest on its laurels. The Howards consolidated their power with an awesome web of schemes and conspiracies but even they could not always hold their enemies at bay.

This was a family whose history is marked by treason, beheadings and incarceration - a dynasty whose pride and ambition secured only their downfall.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Hutchinson is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the author of THE LAST DAYS OF HENRY VIII, ELIZABETH'S SPYMASTER, THOMAS CROMWELL, HOUSE OF TREASON, YOUNG HENRY, THE SPANISH ARMADA and THE AUDACIOUS CRIMES OF COLONEL BLOOD. He was Defence Correspondent for the Press Association before moving to Jane's Information Group to launch JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY. He has a doctorate from the University of Sussex, and was appointed OBE in the 2008 Honours List.

Review:

A gruesome and engaging history―SUNDAY BUSINESS POST

Gripping and gruesome―BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH

A riveting book―CATHOLIC HERALD

A remarkable story of a dynasty whose pride and ambition secured only their downfall.―HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0753826909
• ISBN 13: 9780753826904
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416