Presents information about the history, government, agriculture, military, art, religion, and everyday life in England during the reigns of King Henry VIII and his family.
Philip Steele was born in Dorking, Surrey, England. He attended University College, Durham, where he studied modern languages. In the 1970s he worked as an editor for various publishers, including Hodder and Hamlyn. In 1980 he moved to the Isle of Anglesey, in North Wales, where he now lives. He has written on a wide range of topics, especially in the fields of history, junior biography, peoples, and cultures.
This book is full of interesting tidbits, but due to its format and some fictional quotes, it isn’t the best “stand alone” book for research or reports. I found myself digging around the pages for dates. You would need to get another book with straight historical facts to go along with this one, if you didn’t have a clue about the Tudors before reading it. This book is part of a series (Hail! History) that details the cultures of the past from Ancient China to the Aztecs.