Who's who in Tudor England - C.R.N Routh

Part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times, Who's Who in Tudor England reflects Shakespeare's edict that ‘There is a history in all men’s lives’. The bard is just one of 150 short biographical essays included in the volume, which place the subject in the context of their age and evoke what was most distinctive and interesting about their personality and achievement. The biographies are arranged in a broadly chronological rather than alphabetical sequence so that the reader may easily browse from one contemporary to the next. The index, with its many cross-references, reveals further linkages between contemporaries. Each volume is a portrait of an age, presenting history in a biographical form which complements the conventional approach.