The Field of Cloth of Gold

The first history in more than four decades of an extraordinary international gathering of Renaissance rulers that was unparalleled in its opulence, pageantry, controversy, and mystery.

“Richardson is rare among scholars of Tudor England in approaching the subject from an international perspective.”—David Gelber, Literary Review

“A scholarly and vivid account.”—Dan Jones, Sunday Times “Offers both lay and specialist readers a convincing revision of existing historiography on this celebrated event.”—Megan K. Williams, Renaissance Quarterly