The Tudor period remains a source of timeless fascination with endless novels TV programmes
and films depicting the period in myriad ways. And yet our image of the Tudor era remains
overwhelmingly white. This ground-breaking and provocative new book seeks to redress the
balance: revealing not only how black presence in Tudor England was far greater than has
previously been recognised but that Tudor conceptions of race were far more complex than we
have been led to believe. Onyeka Nubia's original research shows that Tudors from many walks of
life regularly interacted with people of African descent both at home and abroad revealing a
genuine pragmatism towards race and acceptance of difference. Nubia also rejects the influence
of the 'Curse of Ham' myth on Tudor thinking persuasively arguing that many of the ideas
associated with modern racism are in fact relatively recent developments. England's Other
Countrymen is a bravura and eloquent forgotten history of diversity and cultural exchange and
casts a new light on our own attitudes towards race.
