![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although the book is a straightforward biography in the sense that it follows a chronological order, the author spends far more time than most demonstrating the sources that he uses to come to his conclusions and interpretations.įor many readers, this book has a demanding prose style that requires the ability to recognize people by a variety of names, as well as the complicated family and marriage relationships between the high nobility of England, names that vary whether they are written in English or in Welsh, or in Norman French, for people that are known by a variety of titles at different times in the history. The author, in writing this biography, draws heavily from a variety of sources that do not often receive a great deal of attention, from the songs of Welsh bards seeking a removal of their second-hand status to various Parliamentary and royal documents that demonstrate patronage as well as responsibilities, and the complicated diplomatic dispatches between England, Burgundy, France, and Brittany during the period where Jasper and Henry VII were hostages of the Bretons while the Yorkists ruled over England. Given the widespread interest in the Tudor dynasty of England and its important figures, it is striking that no one had yet written a book on Jasper Tudor, the paternal uncle of Henry VII, and a man of immense importance in serving as a father figure to the future king, besides an able counselor and a skilled general. Terry Breverton Jasper Tudor: Dynasty Maker (Amberly Publishing, 2014) 423pp. ![]()
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