On This Day in Tudor History II

On This Day in Tudor History II gives you a second helping of Tudor events including births deaths coronations marriages battles arrests executions and rebellions.. This must-have book for Tudor buffs is perfect for:• Dipping into daily for your Tudor fix.• Teachers who want to give their class some Tudor history trivia.• Quiz night questions.• Finding out what happened on your birthday or special day.• Showing people how much you know about history.• Researching the Tudor period.. Written by best-selling author and historian Claire Ridgway On This Day in Tudor History II contains a wealth of fascinating information about your favourite Tudor monarchs their subjects their reigns and the times they lived in.Did you know: In 1536 Robert Packington was the first person in England to be killed with a handgun?Author Interview with Claire Ridgway about this bookHow did you manage to find more Tudor events for this book?Initially the Tudor events were just things I came across as I was researching Tudor history. When I started doing on this day in Tudor history posts on social media I used contemporary sources like Letters and Papers (from Henry Henry's reign) 16th-century ambassadors' dispatches letters and expenses from the Tudor monarchs' reigns Tudor biographies and books Tudor chronicles... all sorts!Which historical characters do you find most fascinating?My very favourites are Anne Boleyn her daughter Elizabeth I and the Boleyn family but I find the succession crisis of July 1553 and the events leading up to it fascinating. Lady Jane Grey wasn't a hapless victim she was prepared to fight for her throne and Mary (Mary I) was too!Why are you drawn to researching Tudor History?English history changed course in the Tudor period with the English Reformation. It was a period of such change. It must have been so confusing for common people during and after Henry VIII's Great Matter and then to go from Protestantism in Edward VI's reign to Catholicism in Mary I's reign and back to Protestantism in Elizabeth I's reign. It's such an interesting period and the monarchs are really larger than life.Why do you think people are still interested in the Tudors?I think the stories of these iconic kings and queens are like a soap opera. They are riveting. We have stories of tyrants tragic victims persecutions love passion hate witchcraft executions plague and sweating sickness loyalty vengeance battles alchemy and magic... you name it and it's there in Tudor history!