New Worlds Lost Worlds

No period in British history has more resonance and mystery today than the sixteenth century. <i>New Worlds Lost Worlds</i> brings the atmosphere and events of this great epoch to life. Exploring the underlying religious motivations for the savage violence and turbulence of the period-from Henry VIII's break with Rome to the overwhelming threat of the Spanish Armada-Susan Brigden investigates the actions and influences of such near-mythical figures as Elizabeth I Thomas More Bloody Mary and Sir Walter Raleigh. Authoritative and accessible <i>New Worlds Lost Worlds</i> the latest in the Penguin History of Britain series provides a superb introduction to one of the most important compelling and intriguing periods in the history of the Western world.