{"product_id":"the-great-survivor-of-the-tudor-age-the-life-and-times-of-lord-william-paget-9781399035095","title":"The Great Survivor of the Tudor Age: The Life and Times of Lord William Paget","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover the captivating rise and fall of William Paget, as he emerges from obscurity to become one of Henry VIII's most influential advisors, navigating court intrigues, imprisonment, and political machinations as he goes on to shape and define Tudor history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Cromwell and Wolsey before him, William Paget came from nowhere to become one of Henry VIII's most powerful 'new men'. After serving as ambassador to the Court of Francis I of France, he became Henry's most influential foreign policy advisor and developed a close relationship with Emperor Charles V. He had the king's ear in Henry's later years, was the key player in drafting his will ( was it a forgery?) and in enabling Somerset to become Lord Protector in the reign of the boy king, Edward VI. For a while, he was Somerset's 'right-hand man'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Somerset fell, Paget was imprisoned in the Tower and nearly executed. But he survived and regained power. He had a major role in delivering the Crown to the Catholic queen, Mary, and in arranging her marriage to Philip II of Spain, whom he then advised on English politics. He kept in with the Protestant princess Elizabeth and survived to have influence when she came to the throne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam was the founder of the aristocratic Paget family - Barons of Beaudesert, Earls of Uxbridge and Marquesses of Anglesey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom records of the mansion that he built on a site next to today's Heathrow Airport, a picture has been created of how life was actually lived in a Tudor household at the personal family level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story is partly told from previously unexamined family letters. It is an exciting narrative of dramatic ups and downs: from rags to riches, plague to plenty, and prison to peerage. Court intrigues, conspiracies, rebellions and coups, follow one after the other. William is usually in the thick of it, the power behind the throne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399035095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Alex Anglesey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44524526895285,"sku":"9781399035095","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8315fb23-3d7b-4fda-8215-bf4a47cf5107.jpg?v=1722919874","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-great-survivor-of-the-tudor-age-the-life-and-times-of-lord-william-paget-9781399035095","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}