Our Tempestuous Day (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Carolly Erickson
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1810-1820
- Setting: Great Britain
- Principal Characters: George III, George, Arthur Wellesley, Hannah More, George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
- Subjects: Values, Politics, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Riots, Great Britain, Hedonism, Princes or princesses
- Locales: Great Britain
Form and Content
A medievalist, Carolly Erickson has written several biographies of the major figures of Tudor England, including Henry VIII and his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, as well as Henry’s second wife and the mother of Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn. As a biographer, Erickson has been drawn to women, or in the case of Henry VIII, a figure whose power and influence directly determined the fates of six wives. Her focus in those biographies has been less on matters of state, of high diplomacy and international conflict, than upon the upbringing and the private lives of her...
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