Tudor Church Militant

Edward VI died a teenager in 1553, yet his brief reign would shape thefuture of the nation, unleashing a Protestant revolution that propelledEngland into the heart of the Reformation. This dramatic account takes afresh look at one of the most significant and turbulent periods inEnglish history.

'A challenging, elegant and persuasive biography of an unjustly neglected king' Jerry Brotton, author of This Orient Isle

'MacCullochputs the young Edward at the centre of the action ... as this excellentand lively study shows, his ghost continues to haunt the history ofAnglicanism' Sunday Times

'This is Reformation historyas it should be written, not least because it resembles its subjectmatter: learned, argumentative, and, even when mistaken, never dull'Eamon Duffy, author of The Stripping of the Altars

'One of the best historians writing in English today' Sunday Telegraph