History, Fiction, and The Tudors - Sex, Politics, Power, and Artistic License in the Showtime Television Series

This is the first book-length study of the award-winning historical drama The Tudors. In this volume twenty distinguished scholars separate documented history, plausible invention, and outright fantasy in a lively series of scholarly, but accessible and engaging essays. The contributors explore topics including Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, his other wives and family, gender and sex, kingship, the court, religion, and entertainments.


William B. Robison is Professor of History and Head of the Department of History and Political Science at Southeastern Louisiana University, USA. He is the author of articles on history and popular culture, co-author of The Tudors on Film and Television, and co-editor of the Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England and Historical Dictionary of Stuart England.