David Starkey





David Starkey

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in Kendal, Westmorland, The United Kingdom
January 03, 1945

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David Robert Starkey, CBE, FSA is a British historian, a television and radio presenter, and a specialist in the Tudor period.


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Late one night, Winston Churchill and a young fellow MP were leaving the House of Commons when Churchill called his colleague back to have a final look at the debating chamber before they headed home.
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Average rating: 4.03 · 10,331 ratings · 462 reviews · 44 distinct works · Similar authors
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“Elizabeth for the whole of Edward's reign, never wore the rich jewels and clothes left her by her father. Instead, she offered a more virtuous example than the writing of Saints Peter and Paul, her maidenly apparel making the ladies of the court ashamed to be dressed and painted like peacocks.”
David Starkey, Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne

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