Having argued in an earlier book that character follows bodily build and inheritance, Furneaux Jordan tests his theory on the Tudors. He weighs the conflicting views of Henry VIII, his family traits, the question of his wives, his dealings with Parliament and the Reformation, and ends by comparing Queen Elizabeth with Mary, Queen of Scots.
A curiosity of Victorian temperament theory, long since discarded as science but still a lively character study. Download the free EPUB.