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David Starkey's brilliant overview of the great game of politics, over which Henry VIII presided

About the Author

David Starkey is an Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the author of Elizabeth, Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII and Henry: Virtuous Prince. He is a winner of the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History, and of the WH Smith Prize. He is well-known for his historical television series focusing on the Tudors, monarchy and Britain, and for his radio appearances. Starkey was made a CBE in 2007 and lives in London.

Reviews

"Starkey has the mind of an historian but the eye of a court painter" -- Peter Ackroyd The Times "To anyone who can savour the atmosphere of high politics, this book will make exciting reading" -- Conrad Russell "Starkey's great innovation as a constitutional historian has been his readiness to take a closer look at the organisation of the early modern royal household" Times Literary Supplement "To anyone who savours the atmosphere of high politics, this book will make exciting reading" Conrad Russell "David Starkey brings to the task not only a mastery of institutional framework...but also skills in graphic delineation of character and an exuberant narrative panache" -- R. A. Houlbrooke

"Starkey has the mind of an historian but the eye of a court painter" -- Peter Ackroyd The Times "To anyone who can savour the atmosphere of high politics, this book will make exciting reading" -- Conrad Russell "Starkey's great innovation as a constitutional historian has been his readiness to take a closer look at the organisation of the early modern royal household" Times Literary Supplement "To anyone who savours the atmosphere of high politics, this book will make exciting reading" Conrad Russell "David Starkey brings to the task not only a mastery of institutional framework...but also skills in graphic delineation of character and an exuberant narrative panache" -- R. A. Houlbrooke