The edition, accompanying the exhibition of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, incorporates an impressive range of artifacts: paintings and drawings, portrait miniature, jewellery, silver plate, arms and armour, textiles, rare books and prints - to tell the story of the "Golden Age" of Tudor and Early Stuart court. Magnificently illustrated book gives an insight into various aspects of court culture. It examines the emergence of the royal court as an unparalleled center of power, ceremony, patronage and culture under the Early Tudors and emphasizes the significance of their personal tastes in introducing Italianate Renaissance culture to England.