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Historical The Tudors by Richard Rex $35.00 / Tempus / 2002 Thumbnail sketches of famous people or events are difficult to paint well. There are always moments left out or characters glossed over, which can leave the reader with a feeling that something is lacking. So it is with The Tudors, a masterful yet ultimately introductory work on various historical highlights. To fit an overview of the Tudor Dynasty into 240 pages is a neat trick in itself, and Rex manages to distill the most important information on the Tudors, making the complex understandable without short-changing on character sketches. Thus, readers get a feel for Tudor England, its politics and culture, and the personalities of its movers and shakers, But will the book entice neophytes to delve more deeply? Rex is a skillful and engrossing writer, choosing his topics with an eye both to historical value and popular interest. He never tries to make the reader think that he is including everything there is to know about this famous royal family, but instead cleverly leaves his readers wanting more! This is not a comprehensive history for those already familiar with the Tudor world, but is a readable, scholary summary of teh dynasty from Henry VII to Elizabeth I. —Anjuli McDonald of Clanranald

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