A compelling exploration of the lives of individual men and women from all levels of sixteenth-century life that gives a vivid feel for the reality...  Meer

A multi-faceted story of heroes and villains, mystics and sceptics, earnest seekers of truth and charlatans, a narrative that bristles with the names of remarkable scholars, many famous, some now obscure.  Meer

A brilliant new history of the life of Henry VIII to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of his accession, by a master of narrative history.  Meer

Derek Wilson retells the story of how the Tudor monarchs transformed the English religion and why it still matters today  Meer