The Tower Of London: In The History Of The Nation
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of popular history, A. L. Rowse's The Tower of London: In the History of the Nation chronicles nearly a thousand years of English history through the lens of one of the world's most iconic and storied fortresses. Rowse traces the Tower's transformation from a Norman stronghold built by William the Conqueror into a royal palace, a treasury, an armory, and ultimately a notorious prison whose walls witnessed the fates of queens, traitors, and kings. With the erudition and vivid narrative flair for which Rowse was celebrated, the work illustrates how the Tower served not merely as a building but as a living instrument of royal power, political intrigue, and national identity. Each chapter uncovers the dramatic human stories embedded in the stone — from the imprisonment of Anne Boleyn to the mysterious disappearance of the Princes in the Tower — rendering grand historical forces intimate and immediate. The result is an authoritative yet thoroughly accessible account that presents the Tower as an enduring symbol of England's turbulent and magnificent past.
Author: A. L. Rowse
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Book Club Associates
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of popular history, A. L. Rowse's The Tower of London: In the History of the Nation chronicles nearly a thousand years of English history through the lens of one of the world's most iconic and storied fortresses. Rowse traces the Tower's transformation from a Norman stronghold built by William the Conqueror into a royal palace, a treasury, an armory, and ultimately a notorious prison whose walls witnessed the fates of queens, traitors, and kings. With the erudition and vivid narrative flair for which Rowse was celebrated, the work illustrates how the Tower served not merely as a building but as a living instrument of royal power, political intrigue, and national identity. Each chapter uncovers the dramatic human stories embedded in the stone — from the imprisonment of Anne Boleyn to the mysterious disappearance of the Princes in the Tower — rendering grand historical forces intimate and immediate. The result is an authoritative yet thoroughly accessible account that presents the Tower as an enduring symbol of England's turbulent and magnificent past.