Review
“This is a bold undertaking, but this first volume suggests that it is one very much suited to Kevin Sharpe’s strengths. The prose is fluent and accessible, the ideas striking, the argument assertive and wide-ranging, based on a vast array of different sources . . . this book is immensely valuable. . . . a huge achievement. . . an important, thought-provoking and richly rewarding book which should be required reading for every early modern scholar.”--Lucy Wooding,
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Reviews in History )
“Sharpe captures the multi-layered magnificence of Tudor monarchy and its audiences….Written by a scholar who has worked at the forefront of historical enquiry for almost three decades, the book establishes an agenda for the next generation. . .with a contagious enthusiasm that will engage general and specialist readers alike.”--Janet Dickinson, History Today
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History Today )
“Convincing and important.”--Philological Quarterly
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Philological Quarterly )
“Significant and powerful . . . an important book . . . a truly original study.”--Ethan Shagan, Journal of British Studies
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Journal of British Studies )
“A big and serious book . . . Sharpe shows with great fluency and skill that the Tudor monarchs understood the effectiveness of image.”--Stephen Alford, Huntington Library Quarterly
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Huntington Library Quarterly )
"A wonderful book about the ''media folk'' of Tudor England--artists and writers employed by a succession of monarchs to propagate an image of the sovereign. Breathtaking in its scope and a real revelation about Tudor ''spin.''"--Derek Wilson, "Writers Read" blog
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Writers Read blog )
"Sharpe''s reading of select contemporary texts (Dale Hoak Literature & History )
"Sharpe''s new volume is a masterful work . . . [and] an ideal book for teachers and researchers to reference in and out of the classroom."—Kristen Post Walton, American Historical Review
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American Historical Review )
“A compelling and wide-ranging account of the importance of image and representation to the Tudor monarchs . . . [this book] will be of value to scholars across the disciplines who are interested in the political culture of early modern England.”—Karl Gunther, Journal of Modern History
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Journal of Modern History )
About the Author
Kevin Sharpe is professor of Renaissance studies and director of the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. He is author of The Personal Rule of Charles I and Reading Revolutions, both published by Yale University Press.
