Edward VI by Chris Skidmore

Edward VI by Chris Skidmore

In his desperate quest for an heir, King Henry VI divorced one wife and beheaded another. The birth of Prince Edward on October 12, 1537, ended his father's twenty-seven-year wait. Nine years later, Edward was on the throne, a boy-king of a nation in religious limbo and in a court where manipulation, treachery, and plotting were rife.
Chris Skidmore describes how, in the six years of Edward's reign, court intrigue, deceit, and treason very nearly plunged the country into civil war while the stability that the Tudors had sought to achieve came close to being torn apart. Even today, Henry VI and Elizabeth I are considered the two dominant figures of the Tudor period. But Edward's reign is equally important. It was one of dramatic change and tumult whose impact is still felt today--certainly in terms of his religious reformation, which not only exceeded Henry's ambitions but has endured for over four centuries since Edward's death in 1553.

Skidmore, Chris: - Chris Skidmore was born in Bristol, England in 1981. He is the author of Edward VI: The Lost King of England and Death and the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and the Dark Scandal That Rocked the Throne. He taught history at Bristol University is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 2010 he was elected as a British Member of Parliament.

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ISBN 13	9780312351427
ISBN 10	0312351429
Title	Edward VI
Author	Chris Skidmore
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	St. Martin's Press
Year published	2007-11-13
Number of pages	346
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