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13%OFFLucy Worsley - The Story of Hampton Court Palace - 9781858946313 - V9781858946313
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The Story of Hampton Court Palace

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Description for The Story of Hampton Court Palace Hardcover. As commissioned by Hampton Court Palace, this bold new account of a world-renowned palace reveals the captivating lifestyles of its monarchs, mistresses, courtiers and servants as told through the stories of its illustrious residents over the past 500 years. It contains over 200 illustrations accompanied by narrative-style captions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AMKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 264 x 23. Weight in Grams: 972.
Hampton Court Palace, to the south-west of London, is one of the most famous and magnificent buildings in Britain. The original palace was begun by Cardinal Wolsey, but it soon attracted the attention of his Tudor king and became the centre of royal and political life for the next 200 years. In this new, lavishly illustrated history, the stories of the people who have inhabited the palace over the last five centuries take centre stage. Here Henry VIII and most of his six wives held court, Shakespeare and his players performed, and Charles I escaped arrest after his defeat in ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781858946313
SKU
V9781858946313
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces. She is the author of several books, including If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home (2011) and A Very British Murder (2013). She has presented numerous TV programmes about palace life and other history topics for the BBC. David Souden is a consultant in cultural heritage, ... Read more

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