В тени королев: истории из жизни двора Тюдоров

Istoriia pishetsia ne tolko na poliah srajenii. Zachastuu vajniee resheniia prinimautsia v tihih dvorcovieh pokoiah, gde teniami skolziat priblijenniee silnieh mira sego, peresheptievaias, podgliadievaia, intriguia. I esli korolia igraet svita, to za korolevoi nabludaet ves dvor. . . V techenie tridcati shesti let v Anglii prodoljalos blistatelnoe i vmeste s tem shatkoe pravlenie Genriha VIII Tudora. Za eto vremia riadom s nim na trone smenilis shest korolev, sudbie kotorieh slojilis po bolshei chasti tragicheski. U kajdoi jenie groznogo monarha bieli svoi sekretie i svoi konfidentie. Odni iskrenne lubili svou korolevu i verno slujili ei, drugie lgali, shpionili i v konechnom schete predali ee. . . Kakoi videlas jizn tudorovskogo dvora sovremennikam? Otvet na etot vopros daet sbornik iz trinadcati zahvatievaushih istorii, napisannieh Elison Ueir v dopolnenie k znamenitoi serii romanov «Shest korolev Tudorov». Avtor etih i mnogih drugih knig, v tom chisle nauchno-populiarnieh, — istorik i pisatelnica, chi proizvedeniia zanimaut viesshie pozicii v literaturnieh hit-paradah Soedinennogo Korolevstva. Vperviee na russkom!

History is not only written on battlefields. Often, important decisions are made in quiet palace chambers, where the confidants of the powerful glide like shadows, whispering, peeping, intriguing. And if the king is played by the retinue, then the whole court is watching the queen... For thirty-six years, the brilliant and at the same time shaky reign of Henry VIII Tudor continued in England. During this time, six queens succeeded him on the throne, whose fates were mostly tragic. Each wife of the formidable monarch had her own secrets and her own confidants. Some sincerely loved their queen and served her faithfully, while others lied, spied on her, and ultimately betrayed her. . . How did contemporaries see the life of the Tudor court? The answer to this question is provided by a collection of thirteen fascinating stories written by Alison Ware in addition to the famous series of novels "The Six Queens of the Tudors." The author of these and many other books, including popular science, is a historian and writer whose works occupy the highest positions in the literary charts of the United Kingdom. For the first time in Russian!