The Tudor Family is the most intriguing royal dynasty in British history. Their era took us out of the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, founded the British Empire and made Britain a world power for the first time. The flowering of literature and music was unprecedented in British history. And what a family! From Henry VII who usurped Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, through his famous son whose multiple marriages led to the break with the Roman Church, to the brilliant reign of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s daughter, Elizabeth I, we see over a century of people and events that sometimes seem more fiction than reality.

Did Henry VIII compose Greensleeves? What were Thomas Cromwell’s bizarre toilet habits? Did Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand? For details of these, and many more entertaining Tudor facts, just open this book.

• The perfect gift for every fan of

  Tudor history

• Amberley is the world's biggest

  publisher of Tudor history books

• The Tudors have never been so popular

  – HILARY MANTEL'S novels about Thomas Cromwell have been adapted for the

  stage (sell out shows in the West End) and the BBC's 'Wolf Hall' received

  critical acclaim

• Subject of

  the book is relevant to many historic castles and houses with Tudor associations run by National Trust (e.g. Hardwick Hall, Speke Hall),

  English Heritage (e.g. Dover Castle, Kenilworth

  Castle & Elizabethan Garden), and Historic Royal Palaces (e.g. Hampton Court). Also independent

  attractions such as Pembroke Castle (birthplace Henry VII) and Hever Castle

  (childhood home of Anne Boleyn)