GRAVEN WITH DIAMONDS; THE MANY LIVES OF THOMAS WATT: POET, LOVER, STATESMAN, AND SPY IN THE COURT OF HENRY VIII

Shulman, Nicola

ISBN 10: 1586422073 / ISBN 13: 9781586422073

Published by Steerforth Press, 2013

About this Item

Steerforth Press, 2013. first printing. 8vo. Uncreased spine, as new unread trade paperback.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GRAVEN WITH DIAMONDS; THE MANY LIVES OF THOMAS WATT: POET, LOVER, STATESMAN, AND SPY IN THE COURT OF HENRY VIII
• Publisher: Steerforth Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586422073
• ISBN 13: 9781586422073
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: As new

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Synopsis

In this thrillingly entertaining book, Nicola Shulman interweaves the bloody events of Henry VIII's reign with the story of English love poetry and the life of its first master, Henry VIII's most glamorous and enigmatic subject: Sir Thomas Wyatt.

 Poet, statesman, spy, lover of Anne Boleyn and favorite both of Henry VIII and his sinister minister Thomas Cromwell, the brilliant Wyatt was admired and envied in equal measure. His love poetry began as risqué entertainment for ambitious men and women at the slippery top of the court. But when the axe began to fall and Henry VIII'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.

About the Author

Nicola Shulman is a writer and reviewer for publications including the Sunday Telegraph, The TLS and Harpers & Queen. She lives with her family in London and in Yorkshire. She previously published A Rage For Rock-Gardening: The Story of Reginald Farrer.