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Carola Hicks.
The King’s Glass: A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art.
Published London: Pimlico, 2012 (hardback was Chatto & Windus, 2007).
ISBN 9781845951870.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives plc.
Size: 152x233x20mm.
Page count: text ix,246pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges with the corners starting to rub; text pages printed on low-grade paper, so starting to yellow with age a bit; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £9.00
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[Publisher’s price £14.99]
Weight without packaging: 379g.

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Looks at the dynastic propaganda embedded in the windows of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Planned by Henry VII and continued by Henry VIII, leading artists were recruited to make them “England’s response to the Sistine Chapel”. In a more general way, the story is part of a history of England, reflecting the change, conflict and modernity of the early sixteenth century.

Contents: Warring kings; 'My beloved mother'; Royal visit; 'Your blessed uncle'; Glaziers' craft; 'Rainbow round the throne'; Beasts & badges; Southwark & its aliens; King’s glazier; 'Unperfected & unfinished'; 1st phase; 'Cunning in the art of glazing'; Evil May Day; Cloth of gold; Galon Hone, King’s Glazier; Wolsey to the rescue; 'Surely, cleanly, workmanly'; Glaziers at war; The King’s great matter; Old law & new; The hand of Fox; Dissolution; Wives & windows; Continuing hostilities; The King is dead; Enlightenment; Finale.

Illustrations: 8 pages of monochrome and 8 pages of colour plates
Floorplans: 1

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: incorporated with notes
Index: yes

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