Book description
For the armchair traveller or those looking for inspiration for a day
out, The Visitor's Companion to Tudor England takes you to
palaces, castles, theatres and abbeys to uncover the stories behind
Tudor England. Susannah Lipscomb visits over fifty historic Tudor
sights, from the famous palace at Hampton Court where dangerous court
intrigue was rife, to less well-known houses, such as Anne Boleyn's
childhood home at Hever Castle or Tutbury Castle where Mary Queen of
Scots was imprisoned.
In the corridors of power and the courtyards of country houses we
meet the passionate but tragic Kateryn Parr, Henry VIII's last wife,
Lady Jane Grey the nine-day queen, and hear how Sir Walter Raleigh
planned his trip to the New World. Through the places that defined
them, this lively and engaging book reveals the rich history of the
Tudors and paints a vivid and captivating picture of what it would
have been like to live in Tudor England.
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is Senior Lecturer and Convenor for History at
New College of the Humanities, London, and also holds a post as Lecturer
in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. She has
appeared on BBC'S The One Show, ITV's GMTV, Channel 4's Time Team, and
BBC Radio 4's Today programme, presented BBC Radio 3's The Essay and
co-presented Inside the World of Henry VIII on the History Channel. Her
new three-part series on the Tower of London airs on National Geographic
in Spring 2012. She is the author of
1536: The Year that Changed
Henry VIII
, and writes frequently for BBC History Magazine and History Today. For
three years she was Research Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, based at
Hampton Court Palace; she is now a Consultant for Historic Royal Palaces
and on their Research Strategy Board.
