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The Palace

by Gareth Russell

First published 2023

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The Palace tells five centuries of British history through Hampton Court and the people who occupied, governed, visited and maintained it. Thomas Wolsey transformed an existing manor into a palace capable of receiving rulers and ambassadors before Henry VIII absorbed it into the royal estate. Tudor marriages, childbirths, religious changes and court entertainments established Hampton Court as one of the principal stages on which monarchy displayed its power.

Russell follows the building through the Stuart court, civil war, Commonwealth, Restoration and William III’s ambitious reconstruction, then into its later life as grace-and-favour accommodation, public monument and heritage site. Political crises, scandals, theatre, architecture and royal ceremony are organised around the rooms in which they occurred. The book’s UK subtitle refers to five hundred years of history at Hampton Court; the US edition describes the same work as five hundred years of British history.

Historical Periods

Georgian Era1714–1830 CE Reign of Henry VIII1509–1547 CE Elizabethan Age1558–1603 CE Jacobean Era1603–1625 CE Commonwealth and Protectorate1649–1660 CE Restoration1660–1685 CE Glorious Revolution1688–1689 CE Victorian Era1837–1901 CE Edwardian Society1901–1914 CE Post-war Britain1945–1963 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Henry VIII1491–1547 Thomas Wolsey1473–1530 Elizabeth I1533–1603 Victoria1819–1901 Charles II of England1630–1685 Charles I of England1600–1649 George III1738–1820 George VI1895–1952 Oliver Cromwell1599–1658 James VI and I1566–1625

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