Claire | August 16, 2010
A few weeks ago, I did a post about recent and upcoming historical fiction books and today I’m going to focus on non-fiction history books and biographies of historical characters within the Tudor and Elizabethan periods:-
Margaret Beaufort: The Mother of the Tudor Dynasty by Elizabeth Norton - Due to be released in the UK [...]
Claire | June 8, 2010
Historian and author Elizabeth Norton’s biography of Catherine Parr was published by Amberley Publishing earlier this year and, like her other books, it is meticulously researched and a great read. I had recently read Linda Porter’s book on Catherine Parr but although Porter’s and Norton’s books obviously overlapped (how could they not?), each author had [...]
Claire | May 1, 2010
Because this book is an Anne Boleyn book, I have actually reviewed it over at The Anne Boleyn Files. Here is the beginning of my review and you can click on the “Read more…” to read it in full.
There has been lots of controversy over this new Anne Boleyn biography because, unlike other modern historians [...]
Claire | April 15, 2010
It’s easy to tell when I have found a book useful for my research because it has pages turned down, post-it notes protruding from it, pencil scribbles and stars in the margins and book marks falling out of it, plus a rather worn appearance. Well, that pretty much describes my copy of “Katherine the Queen: [...]
Claire | February 24, 2010
Seeing as this is my Anne Boleyn “Bible”, the book I can’t bear to be without and the one that I use more than any other, it’s funny that I have never actually reviewed it! So, I thought I would correct that glaring omission by reviewing this Anne Boleyn biography.
I think I might be Professor [...]
Claire | February 24, 2010
The full title of this book by Raymond Lamont-Brown is “How Fat Was Henry VIII? And 101 Other Questions on Royal History” and it’s a wonderful book which gives you answers to all those nagging royal history questions. It’s just perfect as a present for history buffs or as a treat for yourself as you’re [...]
Claire | February 11, 2010
With it being the anniversary of Lady Jane Grey’s execution tomorrow I thought it was fitting for me to publish my review of Eric Ives’s biography “Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery”.
If you keep up with my posts on The Anne Boleyn Files, you will know that I am Professor Ives’s number one fan as [...]
Claire | December 9, 2009
“The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Katherine, Mary and Lady Jane Grey” is a non-fiction account of the stories of these three sisters, the times they lived in and the monarchs who reigned in their lifetimes. I was desperate to read this after reading Jeane Westin’s historical novel, “The Virgin’s Daughters”, and [...]
Claire | November 17, 2009
I was very excited when I heard about the release of this book just a few weeks after Alison Weir’s “The Lady in the Tower”, October was a really great month for Anne Boleyn fans! However, I must admit to being rather put off by the publisher’s blurb on Amazon, which said:
“The story of Anne [...]
Claire | October 26, 2009
This new book on Henry VIII and his six wives was published by Amberley Publishing to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accesion to the throne and tells the story of Henry VIII from 1504, when he was a Renaissance Prince and second in line to the throne, right through to his death [...]
