Meet the Tudors

By Alex Woolf

Dare you step into the past?

When a mysterious door suddenly appears, you step through ... and find you have travelled back in time! Now your mission is to discover as much as you can about life in a Tudor house, before the door back to the present vanishes.

Find out:
• Why the boy is practising archery
• What the barber-surgeon does?
• What kind of foods the kitchen maid is preparing
• And much more!

Perfect for kids aged 8+.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Encounters with the Past gives young readers an opportunity to 'meet' people from different historical periods. Featuring an exciting mixture of historical recreation photography and illustrations, this full-colour series will shine a light on many subjects such as medicine, science, religion, the natural world and the afterlife.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Release date: Oct 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781838578220

Alex Woolf

Alex Woolf is a senior lecturer in history at the University of St Andrews. He holds a BA in Medieval History and Medieval English, an MPhil in Archaeology and a PhD from the University of St Andrews. He is the author of a number of articles and books on medieval Scottish history, including From Pictland to Alba: Scotland, 789 to 1070, Scandinavian Scotland: 20 Years After and Beyondthe Gododdin: Dark Age Scotland in Medieval Wales.

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Contents

Into the Past

The Duchess’s Necklace

Talking to the Kitchen Maid

The Hard-Working Laundry Maid

In the Library

The Young Archer

Meeting the Actor

A Chat with the Musician

At the Barber-Surgeon’s House

A Visit to the Priest

Finding the Soldier

The Justice of the Peace

Back to the Present

Glossary

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Into the Past

You glance at your watch. Your visit to the old Tudor house is nearly over. It’s time to meet the rest of your classmates in the gift shop. You quicken your pace along the creaking corridor. You got sidetracked and now you’re not sure exactly where you are!

Suddenly, right in front of you, a door appears. There are no walls around it – it’s just a plain, wooden door in the middle of the corridor. For a moment you stand amazed. Then you open the door and find yourself in a small room with a stone floor. On a table in the middle of the room is a pile of clothing, a leather pouch containing coins, and a parchment with these words written on it:

The first Tudor king, Henry VII, used this double rose as the emblem of England because it combined the red rose of the House of Lancaster and the white rose of