A review by sunnid
The Private Lives of the Tudors by Tracy Borman

5.0

I savored this book, reading it in between things over a period of time. It gave me a lot to think about and then Google, filling in gaps about the period, the players, the places. So many historical books are filled with war, political strategies, etc. This is not the focus here. It is a peek into what life was like in the palace...what the Tudors ate, what they wore, how they played, loved and more. It also looks at some of the less pleasant things like grooming habits, cleanliness (or lack thereof), illness and death.