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Index
Cover
Other Books by this Author
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Map
Family Tree
A Tudor Timeline
Introduction
Prologue
Part One - An Excess of Good Fortune: 1485–1532
Chapter 1 - The Luck of Henry Tudor
Background: The Origin of the Tudors
Chapter 2 - The King’s Great Matter
Background: The Spanish Connection
Chapter 3 - Frustration and Embarrassment
Background: England Then
Chapter 4 - Radical Departures
Background: The Old Church
Chapter 5 - Another Way Devised
Background: The Royal Horn of Plenty
Chapter 6 - A Revolution in the Making
Background: Windows of Opportunity
Chapter 7 - A Thunderbolt Falls
Background: Parliament
Chapter 8 - Submission
Background: Other Reformations
Chapter 9 - Consummation
Part Two - Monster: 1533–1547
Chapter 10 - First Blood
Background: The Tower
Chapter 11 - Supremacy
Background: Monks, Nuns, and Friars
Chapter 12 - “We Will All Die”
Background: Best Sellers
Chapter 13 - “Preserve My Friends from Such Favors”
Background: Popes
Chapter 14 - All but Godlike
Background: They Were What They Ate
Chapter 15 - Rebellion and Betrayal
Background: The Sport of Kings
Chapter 16 - The Last of Henry
Part Three - A King Too Soon and a Queen Too Late: 1547–1558
Chapter 17 - A New Beginning
Background: Instruments of Power
Chapter 18 - England’s Second Reformation
Background: Calvin
Chapter 19 - A Revolution and a Coup
Background: The Making of Mary
Chapter 20 - Another New Beginning
Background: Schooling and the Schools
Chapter 21 - And Another Early End
Part Four - Survivor: 1558–1603
Chapter 22 - Yet Another New Beginning
Background: The Council of Trent
Chapter 23 - The Succession, Again
Background: The Fall and Rise of English Theater
Chapter 24 - A Torrent of Miseries
Background: The Turks
Chapter 25 - Actions, Reactions, Provocations
Background: Torture
Chapter 26 - A Horrific Tangle—And War at Last
Background: The Punishment of the Innocent
Chapter 27 - The Last Favorite
Background: Winning Big
Chapter 28 - A Seat at the Table
Background: A Diamond of England
Chapter 29 - The Last Act
An Epilogue in Two Parts
Sources and Notes
Reader’s Guide
About the Author
Copyright
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