The Beaufort Chronicles by Judith Arnopp. As Henry VIII’s paternal grandmother and matriarch of the Tudor clan, Margaret Beaufort, had a tremendously outsize impact on her family and how they ...

The Tudor family tree comes to vivid life in this enthralling history, ... Henry VIII’s daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, were threatened by descendants of his two sisters: ...

Tudor: The Family Story, 1437-1603 Leanda de Lisle. PublicAffairs, $29.99 (560p) ISBN 978-1-61039-363-8 ...

Henry VII’s victory over Richard III in 1485 catapulted the Tudor dynasty to the pinnacle of power. For the next 118 years, they would be the most powerful family in England and make the country ...

Reviewed: “Tudor: The Family Story, 1437- 1603,” by Leanda DeLisle, and “Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I,” by Peter Ackroyd ...

When Anne Boleyn, the worldly, charismatic daughter of a leading English courtier, caught the eye of Tudor king Henry VIII in the mid-1520s, few could have foreseen just how far she would rise ...