Acknowledgements v
Part One
Chapter One Beginnings
3(15)
Chapter Two The Menagerie and the Mint
18(29)
Chapter Three The Captives and the Kings
47(15)
Chapter Four Plague and Peasants
62(20)
Chapter Five Uneasy Heads
82(17)
Chapter Six Roses are Blood Red
99(36)
Chapter Seven The Princes, the Protector and the Pretenders
135(28)
Chapter Eight The King's Great Matter
163(24)
Chapter Nine The Henrician Terror
187(28)
Chapter Ten Tudor Children
215(33)
Chapter Eleven Fallen Favourites
248(14)
Chapter Twelve Papists, Plots and Poisons
262(43)
Part Two
Chapter Thirteen Great Escapes
305(54)
Chapter Fourteen Restoration Romps
359(24)
Chapter Fifteen Civil Wars and Uncivil Peace
383(20)
Chapter Sixteen Iron Dukes and Lunatic Lords
403(19)
Chapter Seventeen The Tower at War
422(6)
Epilogue 428(1)
Appendix: The Tower's Ghosts 429(3)
Select Bibliography: Tower Histories Consulted 432(2)
Select Bibliography: General Works Consulted 434(11)
Index 445