Bloomsbury This Little World: A New History of Tudor and Stuart England | Hardcover

Explore a revelatory, globally resonant vision of Tudor and Stuart England with This Little World by Nandini Das. Moving beyond the familiar narrative of isolation, this groundbreaking work uncovers the complex reality of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries through the lives of the merchants, migrants, sailors, and spies who shaped the nation. Das challenges fundamental ideas about nationhood, identity, and belonging by reframing England's past within a wider world.

Discover the stories of individuals often written out of history, including Venetian glassmakers with English wives, African innkeepers, Native American envoys, Flemish artist Levina Teerlinc (employed by four English monarchs), navigator William Adams (Japan's first English samurai), and Elizabeth Key, who fought for her freedom in the Virginia colony courts.

• Offers a perspective-altering take on Tudor and Stuart England, revealing its interconnected global reality.
• Draws on extensive archival research, attentive to the textures of daily life alongside the sweep of history.
• Told through the experiences of diverse figures: merchants, migrants, sailors, and spies.
• Challenges conventional ideas about English nationhood and identity by placing the story in a wider global context.
• Authored by prize-winning author Nandini Das.

• Author: Nandini Das
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 448 pages
• Publication Date: May 28, 2026
• ISBN-13: 978-1526669650
• Dimensions: 15.8 x 4.4 x 23.8 cm
• Weight: 710 g

This Little World provides a startlingly new vision of England's making, positioned on the cusp of empire. Essential reading for enthusiasts of Social & Cultural History.