{"product_id":"9781399035095","title":"The Great Survivor of the Tudor Age : The Life and Times of Lord William Paget","description":"\u003cp\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'.   When 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.   William was the founder of the aristocratic Paget family - Barons of Beaudesert, Earls of�Uxbridge and Marquesses of Anglesey.�From 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.   The 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55732327874936,"sku":"9781399035095","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781399035095.jpg?v=1794282610","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781399035095","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}