EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TUDORS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

320 pages Hardback Illustrated Amberley 2014

320pp Paperback Amberley November 2019

‘And yet, we all have those questions in the back of our minds about the Tudors which we’d all quite like the answers to. Did Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand? Was ‘Greensleeves’ really composed by Henry VIII? What is the historical significance of the nursery rhyme ‘Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?’ Take a look at this book and Terry Breverton will tell you all of the answers.’ ‘The Tudor family is the most intriguing royal dynasty in British history. Their era took us out of the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, founded the British Empire and made Britain a world power for the first time. The flowering of literature and music was unprecedented in British history. And what a family!’

The Good Book Guide ‘Entertaining’ ‘

History Revealed ‘A great read’

Amazon description: ‘The Tudor family is the most intriguing royal dynasty in British history. Their era took us out of the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, founded the British Empire and made Britain a world power for the first time. The flowering of literature and music was unprecedented in British history. And what a family! From Henry VII who usurped Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, through his famous son whose multiple marriages led to the break with the Roman Church, to the brilliant reign of Henry VIII’s and Anne Boleyn’s daughter, Elizabeth I, we see over a century of people and events that sometimes seem more fiction than reality. Did Henry VIII compose Greensleeves? What were Thomas Cromwell’s bizarre toilet habits? Did Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand? We all know the old nursery rhyme: Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row. Did you know that this is Mary Tudor, and her garden is an allusion to graveyards which were increasing in size with those who dared stay Protestant? The silver bells and cockle shells were instruments of torture, and the maids were a form of guillotine. For details of these, and many more entertaining Tudor facts, just open this book.’

Jennifer Marchams gave 5.0 out of 5 stars 18 January 2015– ‘Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Wolf Hall! This is the best book on the Tudors you could ever want! I loved the layout, and the incredible about of information which is in here. It gives you a solid introduction to the period, the main characters and the main events. I loved it, and I loved that I learnt so many things from this book that I would never have learnt about the Tudors from a standard history! Every single aspect is covered here. It is snippets though so don't expect masses of detail, that's not what this book is. But you will learn everything you could possibly want to know about the Tudors. Loved it!