{"product_id":"the-tudors-gj-meyer","title":"The Tudors — G.J. Meyer","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeyer's history of the Tudor dynasty takes a deliberately sceptical view of its subjects — particularly of Henry VIII, whose reputation for charm and magnificence he finds largely a product of royal propaganda and subsequent mythology. The book covers all five Tudor monarchs and is particularly strong on the human cost of the English Reformation: the executions, the suppressions, the violence done to a country's religious culture in the course of a king's need for a legitimate heir. Meyer is American, which gives him a useful distance from the national pride that can soften English accounts of the same material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"epoch-endorsement\"\u003e'Meyer writes with the confidence and clarity of the best popular history. The Tudors is a welcome corrective to the romantic myths that still surround the period.' — \u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e. 'Compelling and authoritative.' — \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epoch Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53734529139015,"sku":null,"price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/9152\/7751\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_eac6d2ce-9917-4100-aa7c-b83ee5800a5d.webp?v=1776631939","url":"https:\/\/www.epochbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-tudors-gj-meyer","provider":"Epoch Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}