September book recommendation: The private life of the Tudors by Tracy Borman
September book recommendation The Private Life of the Tudors by Tracy Borman Hello, my history nerds! How are you all doing? Just how is it September already?... I seem to blink once, and a month has gone! This month, I recommend 'The Private Life of the Tudors' by Tracy Borman. I read this joyous book a few years ago and I absolutely adored it. Tracy demonstrates how stressful it could be for a Tudor monarch. The Tudors were an increasingly paranoid dynasty. The Tudors were a new dynasty, but there were many contenders to the throne. During the 15th century, Henry VI, a Lancastrian King was overthrown by his Yorkist cousin, Edward IV, and these ongoing wars would eventually be called 'The Wars of the Roses'. When Henry VII won his throne by conquest on the 22nd of August at the battle of Bosworth opposing Richard III. Henry VII became increasingly paranoid by the end of his reign in 1509, but during his reign, he ma