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The Freemasons
“Captures the organization's fundamental outlook, and its morality. . . . Ridley is an enchanting storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal
Henry VIII
This work offers a fresh look at the character and political cunning of his much-discussed, notorious, and fascinating subject. Henry, a man of fundamentally conservative views and narrowly selfish aims, was led, almost against his will and mainly by events, to introduce the Reformation in England and revolutionize the structure of English government and society.
Thomas Cranmer
First published in 1962, Jasper Ridley’s biography of Thomas Cranmer, leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, examines the attitude of Cranmer’s biographies and critics from Morice and Harpsfield to Pollard and Belloc, but draws its facts exclusively from contemporary authorities, subjecting their statements to careful scrutiny, and presenting a considerable amount of material for the first time, ignored by all previous biographers. Ridley threw new light on many old controversies and put forward a new interpretation of Cranmer’s recantations and retraction, presenting a picture of Cranmer which surprised traditionalists of both the ‘pro-Cranmer’ and ‘anti-Cranmer’ schools.
Friends Apart
"'For the upper middle class, the thirties of this century were a period of strains and divisions, a period, between the economic crisis and the second war, when Edwardian appearances were precariously kept up.' In his memoir of Esmond Romilly and Jasper Ridley, both of whom were killed in the war, Philip Toynbee presents his two very different friends against this background of a social system on the brink of disintegration. The two subjects of this book never met each other, and their lives and characters were utterly dissimilar. Yet they shared a common background on which each, Esmond by his actions, Jasper by his doubting mind, made his own kind of destructive comment. Allowing his memo...
Bloody Mary's Martyrs
Mary was crowned queen in 1553. In the space of just five years, her brutal methods earned her the macabre nickname she has carried ever since. Men such as Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, were burned at the stake, as were some 300 others who refused to renounce their Protestantism and accept Papal supremacy. This lucid and expert account sheds light on a dreadful episode in English history.
The Tudor Age
'The Tudor age' is worthwhile for its fascinating descriptions of daily life and anecdotes about the era's famous figures. It will be an informative and attractive addition to public library shelves.
Napoleon III and Eugenie
"Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808? 9 January 1873) was the first President of the French Republic and, as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. Elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d'état in 1851, before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until 4 September 1870. He holds the distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France ... Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826? 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (French pronunciation: {7f200b}[ø?eni d montixo]), was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French."--Wikipedia.
Tito
Tito was the last survivor of the great allied leaders of WW2. But when he died in May 1980, he was far from being a figure whom the march of history had passed by. This is an absorbing biography which contains a wealth of detail on Tito.
Elizabeth I
This work by the award-winning biographer on the controversial ruler who ushered in England's Golden Age is "quite simply, one of the best".--Library Journal.
