Pardon my bookworm moment. #historynut
First, it was the best Christmas Gift from the Ooi siblings who know my love for English history --
TUDOR: The Family Story by Leanda De Lisle
This book is now officially my encyclopedia for the Tudor empire. It is detailed and chronologically notes the rule prior to the Tudor reign until its very end. It is by far my best read. Thank you Justin & Michelle!
Leanda De Lisle tells the story by reminding us that it is all very real, for example the La Peregrina Pearl which was once worn by Mary Tudor and a few more queens in the 15th &16th century - belonged to Elizabeth Taylor just a few decades ago; along with updated facts from 2012 like the discovery of Richard III's body at a carpark area, etc.
The extensive family tree and pictures in the book are rather insightful and very, very real.
Henry Tudor united both House of York and House of Lancaster, which have been at war for decades and I really needed to know who are these two houses, and what really happened. I have had enough with Tudor story now since I have read so many books of different Tudor reign and a TV series, now that this book has pulled me away from inaccurate movies made of Elizabeth I, I need to get out of Tudor and find the root of what really happened before this.
Then I stumbled into this book, which dates back to John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. Simply put, John of Gaunt is the great-grandfather of Margaret Beaufort; Margaret Beaufort is the mother of Henry VII, the first Tudor king, and the beginning of the Tudor reign.
So as of now I have figured out the dispute between House of York and Lancaster, and have officially covered eight generations of English history from Edward III to Elizabeth I, in this period altogether twelve sovereigns took the throne including two queens: Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I.
Phew.
Now I need to run away for a bit from the English medieval history. My next read is Hitler.. Charge!
First, it was the best Christmas Gift from the Ooi siblings who know my love for English history --
TUDOR: The Family Story by Leanda De Lisle
This book is now officially my encyclopedia for the Tudor empire. It is detailed and chronologically notes the rule prior to the Tudor reign until its very end. It is by far my best read. Thank you Justin & Michelle!
Leanda De Lisle tells the story by reminding us that it is all very real, for example the La Peregrina Pearl which was once worn by Mary Tudor and a few more queens in the 15th &16th century - belonged to Elizabeth Taylor just a few decades ago; along with updated facts from 2012 like the discovery of Richard III's body at a carpark area, etc.
The extensive family tree and pictures in the book are rather insightful and very, very real.
Henry Tudor united both House of York and House of Lancaster, which have been at war for decades and I really needed to know who are these two houses, and what really happened. I have had enough with Tudor story now since I have read so many books of different Tudor reign and a TV series, now that this book has pulled me away from inaccurate movies made of Elizabeth I, I need to get out of Tudor and find the root of what really happened before this.
Then I stumbled into this book, which dates back to John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. Simply put, John of Gaunt is the great-grandfather of Margaret Beaufort; Margaret Beaufort is the mother of Henry VII, the first Tudor king, and the beginning of the Tudor reign.
So as of now I have figured out the dispute between House of York and Lancaster, and have officially covered eight generations of English history from Edward III to Elizabeth I, in this period altogether twelve sovereigns took the throne including two queens: Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I.
Phew.
Now I need to run away for a bit from the English medieval history. My next read is Hitler.. Charge!
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