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Tower : an epic history of the Tower of London / Nigel Jones.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DA687.T7 J66 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Nigel H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tower of London (London, England)--History.
- Tower of London (London, England).
- Fortification--England--London--History.
- Fortification.
- Prisons--England--London--History.
- Prisons.
- History.
- London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- London (England).
- London (England)--History.
- England--London.
- Physical Description:
- 456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- A dazzling history of the Tower of London, one of the world's busiest tourist attractions, and the people who populated it.
- Contents:
- Part 1
- Chapter 1 Beginnings 3
- Chapter 2 The Menagerie and the Mint 18
- Chapter 3 The Captives and the Kings 47
- Chapter 4 Plague and Peasants 62
- Chapter 5 Uneasy Heads 82
- Chapter 6 Roses are Blood Red 99
- Chapter 7 The Princes, the Protector and the Pretenders 135
- Chapter 8 The King's Great Matter 163
- Chapter 9 The Henrician Terror 187
- Chapter 10 Tudor Children 215
- Chapter 11 Fallen Favourites 248
- Chapter 12 Papists, Plots and Poisons 262
- Part 2
- Chapter 13 Great Escapes 305
- Chapter 14 Restoration Romps 359
- Chapter 15 Civil Wars and Uncivil Peace 383
- Chapter 16 Iron Dukes and Lunatic Lords 403
- Chapter 17 The Tower at War 422.
- Notes:
- Originally published : London : Hutchinson, 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780312622961
- 0312622961
- OCLC:
- 778422642
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