Background
Skidmore was born on 17 May 1981 at Longwell Green in South Gloucestershire (then in the county of Avon), in the West of England.
(The dramatic story of Elizabeth's first ten years on the ...)
The dramatic story of Elizabeth's first ten years on the throne and the unexplained death that scandalised her court.
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Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558 a 25-year-old virgin - the most prized catch in Christendom. For the first ten years of her reign, one matter dominated above all others: the question of who the queen was to marry and when she would produce an heir. Elizabeth's life as England's Virgin Queen is one of the most celebrated in history. Christopher Skidmore takes a fresh look at the familiar story of a queen with the stomach of a man, steadfastly refusing to marry for the sake of her realm, and reveals a very different picture: of a vulnerable young woman, in love with her suitor, Robert Dudley. Had it not been for the mysterious and untimely death of his wife, Amy Robsart, Elizabeth might have one day been able to marry Dudley, since Amy was believed to be dying of breast cancer. Instead, the suspicious circumstances surrounding Amy Robsart's death would cast a long shadow over Elizabeth's life, preventing any hope of a union with Dudley and ultimately shaping the course of Tudor history. Using newly discovered evidence from the archives, Christopher Skidmore is able to put an end to centuries of speculation as to the true causes of her death. This is the story of a remarkable and frenetic period in Elizabeth's life: a tale of love, death and tragedy, exploring the dramatic early life of England's Virgin Queen.
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In his desperate quest for an heir, King Henry VIII divorced one wife and beheaded another. The birth of Prince Edward on October 12, 1537, ended his father's twenty-seven-year wait. Nine years later, Edward was on the throne, a boy-king of a nation in religious limbo and in a court where manipulation, treachery, and plotting were rife. Chris Skidmore describes how, in the six years of Edward's reign, court intrigue, deceit, and treason very nearly plunged the country into civil war while the stability that the Tudors had sought to achieve came close to being torn apart. Even today, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I are considered the two dominant figures of the Tudor period. But Edward's reign is equally important. It was one of dramatic change and tumult whose impact is still felt today―certainly in terms of his religious reformation, which not only exceeded Henry's ambitions but has endured for over four centuries since Edward's death in 1553.
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Skidmore was born on 17 May 1981 at Longwell Green in South Gloucestershire (then in the county of Avon), in the West of England.
Skidmore was educated at Bristol Grammar School, a mixed independent school in the City of Bristol, Avon, south west England, before going up to, Oxford, graduating in 2002 with a first-class degree in Modern History (Bachelor), and later as MSt.
Skidmore worked for David Willetts and Michael Gove as an advisor, and served as Chairman of the Bow Group for 2007-2008, before being appointed by another right-leaning think tank, Policy Exchange, as a Research Fellow. The authors of Britannia Unchained claimed that "Once they enter the workplace, the British are among the worst idlers in the world". He is a regular guest on British Broadcasting Corporation political programmes, such as The Daily Politics.
Skidmore was named by Conservative Home in 2012 as one of a minority of loyal Conservative backbench MPs not to have voted against the government in any significant rebellions.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2008)
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (2010)
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (2014).
(The dramatic story of Elizabeth's first ten years on the ...)
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The Daily Mirror reported that Skidmore controversially defended the Government"s austerity programme by claiming it hadn"t left people "dying in the streets".
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2008)
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (2010)
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (2014).