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Graven with diamonds : the many lives of Thomas Wyatt : courtier, poet, assassin, spy / Nicola Shulman.
LIBRA - Rare PR2404 .S58 2011 Mathews copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shulman, Nicola, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wyatt, Thomas, Sir, 1503?-1542.
- Wyatt, Thomas.
- Poets, English--Biography.
- Poets, English.
- Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--16th century.
- Courts and courtiers.
- Love poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Love poetry, English.
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--Early modern.
- Genre:
- History.
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 378 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Short Books, 2011.
- Summary:
- "Learned divines despised it, sober heads ignored it, but for Henry, the beau ideal of chivalry, poetry made things happen. It affected his wars, his diplomacy and his many marriages. It was at the root of his fatal attraction to Anne Boleyn, the source of her power and it was the means of her destruction. In this witty, intriguing, accessible account, Nicola Shulman interweaves the bloody events of Henry's reign with the story of English love poetry and the life of its first master, Henry's most glamorous and enigmatic subject: Sir Thomas Wyatt. Courtier, spy, wit, diplomat, assassin, lover of Anne Boleyn, and favourite both of Henry and his sinister minister Thomas Cromwell, the brilliant Wyatt was admired and envied in equal measure. His love poetry began as an elite and risqué entertainment for the group of ambitious men and women at the slippery top of the court. But when the axe began to fall among this group, and Henry's laws made his subjects fall silent in terror, Wyatt's poetic skills became a way to survive. He saw that a love poem was a place where secrets could hide."--Publisher's description.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-367) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Harry Mathews Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Harry Mathews.
- Mathews Collection copy retains dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 1906021112
- 9781906021115
- OCLC:
- 694269919
- Publisher Number:
- 99943904820
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