TUDOR KING IN ALL BUT NAME: THE LIFE OF EDWARD SEYMOUR

In 1547, days after the death of Henry VIII, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset was named Lord Protector. For nearly three years, Somerset was ‘king in all but name’. But though he was a skilled soldier and leader on the battlefield, Somerset's political skills were not so well-honed. His single-mindedness and his overbearing attitude towards the privy Councillors alienated the very men whose support he most needed. This is a story of Tudor ambition, power and the ultimate price of failure.