Ten Tudor Statesmen

** "Ten Tudor Statesmen" by Arthur D. Innes is a collection of biographical sketches portraying influential individuals from England's Tudor period and conveys the author's goal of studying the qualities that shaped the era's key political players. The book opens by focusing on Henry VII, exploring his early life and his rise to power in order to set the scene for a deeper understanding of what it meant to be a Tudor statesman, especially noting the importance of the fact that most of the subjects were not born into nobility which marked a change in the political sphere during that time. These in-depth narratives are not just simple histories, but aim to give insight into the character and political skill of some of the most important people who helped shape Tudor England. **