Behind the Throne by Adrian Tinniswood

Behind the Throne by Adrian Tinniswood

An enchanting upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Wall Street Journal). Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VI tripped over his dogs. George I threw his son out of the house. James I had to cut back on the alcohol bills. In Behind the Throne, historian Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the reality of five centuries of life at the English court, taking the reader on a remarkable journey from one Queen Elizabeth to another and exploring life as it was lived by clerks and courtiers and clowns and crowned heads: the power struggles and petty rivalries, the tension between duty and desire, the practicalities of cooking dinner for thousands and of ensuring the king always won when he played a game of tennis. A masterful and witty social history of five centuries of royal life, Behind the Throne offers a grand tour of England's grandest households.

Adrian Tinniswood is senior research fellow in history at the University of Buckingham and the author of the forthcoming Behind the Throne as well as New York Times bestselling The Long Weekend and The Verneys, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Tinniswood has contributed to the London Times, the New York Times, History Today, BBC History Magazine, and The Literary Review, as well as television and radio programs in the US and UK. He was awarded an OBE for services to heritage by her majesty, the Queen, and lives in Bath, England.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780465094028
ISBN 10	0465094023
Title	Behind the Throne
Author	Adrian Tinniswood
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Basic Books
Year published	2018-10-02
Number of pages	416
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.