This new biography of John Dudley by Christine Hartweg is due to be published early in February. Christine runs the very insightful All Things Robert Dudley blog and is an excellent writer, so I am really looking forward to reading this.
(c) Christine Hartweg
Blurb:
‘John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (1504–1553), one of the most notorious figures of Tudor England, is best known as the father-in-law of Lady Jane Grey, whom he helped to place on the English throne for nine days. However, he was also a courtier and diplomat, a general and de facto regent, as well as a patron of art and exploration and a devoted family man; and in the past decades his image has undergone significant changes from villain to talented statesman. The father of Queen Elizabeth’s friend Robert Dudley and grandfather of the poet Philip Sidney led a colourful life at the courts of Henry VIII and Edward VI which is vividly retold in this fully documented biography.’
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