D. M Loades

Written by a leading Tudor historian, this book reveals the personal and political lives of William and Robert Cecil. Loades shows how father and son negotiated volatile court life. The book is illustrated with portraits and paintings, private letters and original documents from the National Archives.

Jane Seymour was Henry VIII's third Queen, and she was described by him as 'his first true wife'. Here, David Loades examines their relationship and its legacy.

The fall of Anne Boleyn and her brother George is the classic drama of the Tudor era. The Boleyn's had long been an influential English family. This title tells the tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry's VIII's court.

Although the Seymours arrived with the Normans, it is with Jane, Henry VIII's third queen, and her brothers - Edward, Duke of Somerset, and Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley - that they became prominent. Jane bore Henry his longed-for son, Edward VI, and both her brothers achieved prominence through her. Her brother Edward was central to Henry's activities in Scotland and become Lord Protector for the young king, his nephew, a hugely powerful position....