This is the first book-length study of the award-winning historical drama The Tudors. In this volume twenty distinguished scholars separate documented history, plausible invention, and outright fantasy in a lively series of scholarly, but accessible and engaging essays. The contributors explore topics including Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, his other wives and family, gender and sex, kingship, the court, religion, and entertainments.
This is the first book-length study of the award-winning historical drama The Tudors. In this volume twenty distinguished scholars separate documented history, plausible invention, and outright fantasy in a lively series of scholarly, but accessible and engaging essays. The contributors explore topics including Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, his other wives and family, gender and sex, kingship, the court, religion, and entertainments.
History, Fiction, and The Tudors: Sex, Politics, Power, and Artistic License in the Showtime Television Series
384History, Fiction, and The Tudors: Sex, Politics, Power, and Artistic License in the Showtime Television Series
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ISBN-13: | 9781137438836 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Publication date: | 02/11/2017 |
Series: | Queenship and Power |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 384 |
File size: | 808 KB |