Sarah Gristwood

The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet it's too often dismissed as something which only existed in books just the usual legends of King Arthur, told and retold in thousands of ways. Not so. In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way chivalric romance made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the 'loyal and most assured servant' of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth...