Some new books are coming out this autumn; one of them is Josephine Wilkinson's "The Princes in the Tower" (28 Oct 2013). Can't wait!
The King's Bastard Child (Paperback) by Peter Muirhead
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| Release Date: Sept. 30th |
Book Description (Amazon):
Much has been written about this period of our history, mainly because of the actions that King Henry VIII took to rid the country of the papal interference and the religious pressures put on everyone by these fanatics. Focus was not just on the King Henry VIII and his government, but how the church acquired such immense wealth, a lot of which probably found its way to Rome. The monarchy was swimming in both land and properties, despite the poverty which gripped England's subjects. The King's Bastard Child is not a criticism of the actions of a few, but speaks fairly and vastly of Henry VIII's and Elizabeth I's reigns, from politics, social alliances, and the frivolities of courtly life...............................................
Glory and Honour: The Renaissance in Scotland (Hardcover) by Andrea Thomas
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| Release Date: Oct. 1st |
Book Description (Amazon):
Taking on the preeminent cultural and intellectual movement of 15th- and 16th-century European Renaissance, this work discusses the Scottish version of renaissance culture as a hybrid, with multiple antecedents, adapted to suit the needs of Scottish patrons. Arguing that the Stewart monarchs and Scottish aristocracy sought to fully participate in the European mainstream and saw their cultural patronage as a powerful way to facilitate that aim, this history examines the buildings, books, and artifacts of the period to tell the story of a vibrant and cosmopolitan society that was innovative and confident as well assimilative and inspirational.
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In the UK
Fiction
The Queen's Captive (Thornleigh 3) (Paperback) by Barbara Kyle
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| Release Date: Oct. 3rd |
Book Description (from Amazon):
A vengeful, bloody queen imprisons her own half-sister...England 1554, and twenty year old Princess Elizabeth is a captive of Queen Mary. She longs for liberty - and in Honor and Richard Thornleigh and their seafaring son Adam, the young princess has loyal allies. When Mary releases her from the Tower, hoping she will make a false move and condemn herself, the Thornleighs return from exile to help Elizabeth in the fight of her life.But Honor is playing a dangerous game as double agent, aware that a false move of her own could uncover her past as a condemned heretic. To save her family and Elizabeth, Honor must turn a headstrong princess into a queen before Bloody Mary destroys them all...
Non-Fiction
Essex: The Cultural Impact of an Elizabethan Courtier (Hardcover) ed. Annaliese Connolly and Lisa Hopkins
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| Release Date: Oct. 1st |
This collection of new essays about the earl of Essex, one of the most important figures of the Elizabethan court, resituates his life and career within the richly diverse contours of his cultural and political milieu. It identifies the ways in which his biography has been variously interpreted both during his own lifetime and since his death in 1601. Collectively, the essays examine a wealth of diverse visual and textual manifestations of Essex: poems, portraits, films; texts produced by Essex himself, including private letters, prose tracts, poems and entertainments; and the transmission and circulation of these as a means of disseminating his political views. As well as prising open long-held assumptions about the earl's life, the authors provide a diachronic approach to the earl's career, identifying crucial events such as the Irish campaign and the uprising, and re-evaluating their significance and critical reception. Collectively, the essays illuminate the reach and significance of the many roles played by the earl and the impact of his brief, dazzling life on his contemporaries and on those who came after, making this the first volume to offer a comprehensive critical overview of the Earl's life and influence.
Spectacular Performances: Essays on Theatre, Imagery, Books and Selves in Early Modern England (Paperback) by Stephen Orgel
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| Release Date: Oct. 1st |
Book Description (from Amazon):
Why did Queen Elizabeth I compare herself with her disastrous ancestor Richard II? Why would Ben Jonson transform Queen Anne and her ladies into Amazons as entertainment for the pacifist King James? How do the concepts of costume as high fashion and as self-fashioning, as disguise and as the very essence of theatre, relate to one other? How do portraits of poets help create the author that readers want, and why should books, the embodiment of the word, be illustrated at all? What conventions connect image to text, and what impulses generated the great art collections of the early seventeenth century? In this richly illustrated collection on theatre, books, art and personal style, the eminent literary critic and cultural historian Stephen Orgel addresses himself to such questions in order to reflect generally on early modern representation and, in the largest sense, early modern performance. As wide-ranging as they are perceptive, the essays deal with Shakespeare, Jonson and Milton, with Renaissance magic and Renaissance costume, with books and book illustration, art collecting and mythography.
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| Release Date: Oct. 3rd |
Bringing together contributions from political, cultural, and literary historians, Leadership and Elizabethan Culture identifies distinctive problems confronting early modern English government during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
This diverse group of contributors examines local elites and church leadership, explores the queen, her councillors, as well as her struggles with Mary Stuart and Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, raises questions about Elizabeth's leadership, and the advice she received as well as the advice she rejected.
Selected, influential works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Sidney, and Bacon are put in their Elizabethan and contemporary critical contexts, rounding off the study of Elizabethan culture and projecting forward to the images of leadership that form a conspicuous part of the Elizabethan legacy.
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