Five Tudor monarchs sat on the throne of England and Ireland from 1485 to 1603. The family earned their royal rights through strategic planning and battlefield prowess, and kept them because of intellect, strength and sheer determination. The Tudors, one of England's most powerful and famous royal dynasties, knitted together a fragmented and small island nation that became one of the world's financial, colonial and technological superpowers.

There is so much more to the story of these kings and queens than beheadings, political marriages and the reformation of the church - but those events remain some of the family's most enthralling moments.

This captivating history book covers topics such as:

• The Tudors of Wales
• The Wars of the Roses
• Catherine of Valois, Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
• Margaret Beaufort, Second Tudor Matriarch
• King Henry VII
• Arthur Tudor
• King Henry VIII
• Margaret Tudor, Sister of Henry VIII
• Mary Tudor, Queen of France
• The Birth of the Church of England
• King Henry VIII: Wives Two and Three
• King Henry VIII: The Last Three Wives
• King Edward VI
• The Nine Days' Queen, Jane Grey
• Elizabeth Tudor
• Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
• And much more!