John Ernest Neale – SIGNED LETTER 1969
£45.00
A fine autograph letter from Sir John Ernest Neale to E. Stanley Jones, dated 4th February 1969, typed on light grey writing paper, headed – ‘Adare, Penn Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks. Tel: 4466’ – Neale’s signature in blue ink, with a central horizontal fold.
In full: ‘Dear Mr Jones, How very kind of you to write so appreciative a letter. I am delighted that my books have given you enjoyment. The two volumes on the Elizabethan parliament you ask about are:- Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments, 1559 – 1581; and Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments 1584-1601. Both are published by Jonathan Cape and are available in hard back or in paperback. Also available in Jonathan Cape’s paperback series is The Age of Catherine de Medici and Essays in Elizabethan History – a combination in one volume of two books separately published but now only available in this paperback edition. You ask about a single volume on the Tudors. I think the most brilliant and readable is S.T. Bindoff’s Tudor England in the Pelican History of England. It is of course a rather short book, but I think you would like it; and of course it is in paper-back like the Penguins. Otherwise, probably the best single volume ‘for an older “student’” is G.R. Elton, England under the Tudors, published by Methuen. Elton over-estimates Thomas Cromwell and under-estimates Henry VIII and is in my view too dogmatic. But he writes well and is very able. I hope this gives you the lead you want. Thank you again for the pleasure your lletter gave me. Yours sincerely, J.E. Neale.’
Sir John Ernest Neale FBA (1890–1975) was a leading English historian of Tudor and Elizabethan England. Educated at University College London, he later became Astor Professor of English History there. Neale’s work helped reshape understanding of Elizabeth I’s reign, especially Parliament, political faction and court politics. His major books include Queen Elizabeth I and Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments. Clear, forceful and influential, he trained many historians and remains central to twentieth-century Tudor scholarship today.
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.)
- Description
Description
A fine autograph letter from Sir John Ernest Neale to E. Stanley Jones, dated 4th February 1969, typed on light grey writing paper, headed – ‘Adare, Penn Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks. Tel: 4466’ – Neale’s signature in blue ink, with a central horizontal fold.
In full: ‘Dear Mr Jones, How very kind of you to write so appreciative a letter. I am delighted that my books have given you enjoyment. The two volumes on the Elizabethan parliament you ask about are:- Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments, 1559 – 1581; and Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments 1584-1601. Both are published by Jonathan Cape and are available in hard back or in paperback. Also available in Jonathan Cape’s paperback series is The Age of Catherine de Medici and Essays in Elizabethan History – a combination in one volume of two books separately published but now only available in this paperback edition. You ask about a single volume on the Tudors. I think the most brilliant and readable is S.T. Bindoff’s Tudor England in the Pelican History of England. It is of course a rather short book, but I think you would like it; and of course it is in paper-back like the Penguins. Otherwise, probably the best single volume ‘for an older “student’” is G.R. Elton, England under the Tudors, published by Methuen. Elton over-estimates Thomas Cromwell and under-estimates Henry VIII and is in my view too dogmatic. But he writes well and is very able. I hope this gives you the lead you want. Thank you again for the pleasure your lletter gave me. Yours sincerely, J.E. Neale.’
Sir John Ernest Neale FBA (1890–1975) was a leading English historian of Tudor and Elizabethan England. Educated at University College London, he later became Astor Professor of English History there. Neale’s work helped reshape understanding of Elizabeth I’s reign, especially Parliament, political faction and court politics. His major books include Queen Elizabeth I and Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments. Clear, forceful and influential, he trained many historians and remains central to twentieth-century Tudor scholarship today.
