Anne Somerset

Tudor, by Leanda de Lisle – review

The Tudors, England’s most glamorous ruling dynasty, were self-invented parvenus, with ‘vile and barbarous’ origins, <em>Anne Somerset</em> reminds us

The Folio Society/British Library

  • Tudor: The Family Story

    Leanda de Lisle

    Chatto, pp. 539

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