19 April - Being a Tudor bookseller was a risky business!




Tudor History with Claire Ridgway show

Summary: Being a bookseller in Tudor times could be a risky business, particularly if you had the wrong kind of books on your premises! On 19th April 1601, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, bookseller James Duckett was hanged at Tyburn. Find out why in this #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.