Following the massively popular BBC series of the same name, What the Tudors & Stuarts Did For Us, this new paperback edition takes the reader on a remarkable journey through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Great heroes stride through the pages, including Edmund `Comet' Halley, William Tyndale, who decided he would make it his life's work to translate the bible into English, and Francis Bacon, who died inventing the frozen chicken.

What the Tudors & Stuarts Did For Us also features some of the best-loved demonstrations from the series, including a Tudor printing press, the first flushing toilet, the first pressure cooker and a Tudor knitting machine, amongst many others.

`Hart-Davis dashes through an eclectic mix of the period's innovations in this fun-filled romp' Daily Mail

`Adam Hart-Davis' enthusiasm and knowledge makes him a winner amongst viewers' Evening Standard