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England: The Tudors

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B0012QE4Q2 The Other Boleyn Girl
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The Tudors

Henry VII - Henry VIII - The Six WivesEdward VI - Lady Jane Grey - Mary I - Elizabeth I - Great Elizabeth Writers16th Cnetury

Henry VII     1485–1509

0345207033 Elizabeth the Beloved
Author: Maureen Peters;

Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII.

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Henry VIII     1509–1547

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The Secret Bride

Author: Diane Haeger; Buy New: $11.20

The romance of Mary Tudor (sister of Henry VIII) and Charles Brandon,
Duke of Suffolk.

0061251836 Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Author: Vanora Bennett; Buy New: $18.96

In 1527 Hans Holbein visits the family of Sir Thomas More to paint a
group portrait. This novel tells the story of Meg Giggs, Sir Thomas
More's adopted daughter, whose husband-to-be harbors a deadly secret
that could spell ruin for all of them. A novel of love, art, secrets,
and lies.

0312194390 The Autobiography of Henry VIII
Author: Margaret George; Buy New: $11.53

Henry VIII's diary, annotated by his trusty Fool, Will Sommers, tells the
story of the life and loves of the lusty monarch. 

0246131896 Command of the King
Author: Mary Lide;

A romance novel set in the early years of the reign of Henry VIII. The
heroine is a friend of the King's sister Mary.

0609810219 Mary, Queen of France
Author: Jean Plaidy; Buy New: $10.36

A biographical novel about Princess Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.

1557425418 When Knighthood Was in Flower
Author: Charles Major; Buy New: $15.56

The love story of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Mary Tudor,
sister of Henry VIII.

0609810227 The Thistle and the Rose
Author: Jean Plaidy; Buy New: $10.36

Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland.

B000085EF9 The Private Life of Henry VIII
Buy New: $17.99
B00114XM04 The Other Boleyn Girl
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1416590889 The Wise Woman
Author: Philippa Gregory; Buy New: $10.88

A dark tale of witchcraft in the time of Henry III.

0523402759 Princess of Desire
Author: Maureen Peters;

Novel about Henry's sister mary.

B000STZJQI Twillight of a Tudor
Author: Ursula Bloom;

A dying Henry VIII looks back on his six marriages.

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The Six Wives

0595481248 Vengeance Is Mine
Author: Brandy Purdy; Buy New: $15.26

Why did Lady Jane Rochford accuse her husband and his sister, Anne Boleyn, of incest? And why, years later, did she act as go-between and help Henry's fifth queen, Katherine Howard, rendezvous with her lover? This novel, written in Jane's own words, provides the answers.   Rarely does a novel do as this one does, bring the historical celebrities off their stage to reveal their simple, flawed humanity.

0006129625 Henry VIII and his six wives
Author: Maureen Peters
B000Q5VMK6 The Two Queen Annes
Author: Lozania Prole

A novel contrasting the lives of Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves.

 
Katherine of Aragon

0439999405 My Tudor Queen
Author: Alison Prince; Buy New: $11.68

Young adult novel.  The memoirs of a young girl who served Catherine of Aragon.

0449223469 The Shadow of the Pomegranate
Author: Jean Plaidy aka Eleanor Hibbert

Katherine of Aragon.

0553280112 Kathryn in the Court of Six Queens
Author: Anne M. Abbey;

The much-loved romance novel about a lady-in-waiting who served all six
of Henry's queens

074327248X The Constant Princess
Author: Philippa Gregory; Buy New: $16.47

Also available in trade paperback and audio CD.  Did Catherine of Aragon lie when she swore her marriage to Prince Arthur was never consummated? This novel proposes that she did and tells why. 

0609810251 Katharine of Aragon
Author: Jean Plaidy; Buy New: $10.17
0425219968 The Spanish Bride
Author: Laurien Gardner; Buy New: $11.20

The story of Catherine of Aragon told from the viewpoint of her faithful
lady-in-waiting. 

0752439464 The King's Pleasure
Author: Norah Lofts; Buy New: $10.00

A biographical novel of Katherine of Aragon. 

0152054472 Patience, Princess Catherine
Author: Carolyn Meyer; Buy New: $5.95

A historical novel about Catherine of Aragon written for a young adult
audience. Part of the "Young Royals" series. 

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Anne Boleyn

043997867X Anne Boleyn and Me
Author: Alison Prince; Buy New: $11.68

Young adult novel. The memoirs of a young woman who served Anne Boleyn.

0755108485 Sow the Tempest
Author: Jane Lane

A novel of Anne Boleyn.

067180314X Dark Eyed Queen
Author: Lozania prole;

A novel of Anne Boleyn.

0684849690 The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
Author: Robin Maxwell; Buy New: $10.20

The diary of Anne Boleyn is entrusted to the young Queen Elizabeth just
when she needs it most, to come to terms with the past and help her
brave the storms of the future. 

1400047854 The Lady in the Tower
Author: Jean Plaidy; Buy New: $11.16

The life of Anne Boleyn as told from her own viewpoint while awaiting
execution in the Tower of London. 

0425220990 A Lady Raised High
Author: Laurien Gardner; Buy New: $11.90

Anne Boleyn as seen through the eyes of her lady-in-waiting. 

0451222091 Mademoiselle Boleyn
Author: Robin Maxwell; Buy New: $11.20

This novel tells the story of Anne Boleyn's early years, spent at the
court of France

1402211759 Brief Gaudy Hour
Author: Margaret Campbell Barnes; Buy New: $10.17

The story of Anne Boleyn from her happy childhood at Hever Castle in
Kent to her brief blaze of glory as Queen of England. 

0060591587 The Queen of Subtleties
Author: Suzannah Dunn; Buy New: $11.86

The royal pastry cook observes the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn. Written
in very modern dialect. 

0152050868 Doomed Queen Anne
Author: Carolyn Meyer; Buy New: $6.95

A historical novel about the life of Anne Boleyn intended for a young
adult audience. Part of the "Young Royals" series. 

0708933653 The Heir of Allington
Author: Philippa Wiat; Buy New: $23.95

A novel of the romance between the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt and Anne
Boleyn.

075243943X The Concubine
Author: Norah Lofts; Buy New: $10.00

Anne Boleyn.

0958054355 Dear Heart, How Like You This
Author: Wendy J. Dunn; Buy New: $15.26

The poet Sir Thomas Wyatt tells the story of his doomed romance with
Anne Boleyn. He never stopped loving her but he lost her to a king. 

074140916X Threads
Author: Nell Gavin; Buy New: $17.95

The destinies of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are entwined by fate. In
this novel of reincarnation, they meet again and again through the
centuries. 

0708939643 All or Nothing
Author: Joanna Dessau; Buy New: $32.50

A novel of Anne Boleyn.

0307237907 The Last Boleyn
Author: Karen Harper; Buy New: $10.17

Mary Boleyn briefly held pride of place in Henry VIIIs heart before she
was sypplanted by her sister, Anne. 

0752848305 The French Executioner
Author: C.C. Humphreys; Buy New: $13.87

A novel about the man who beheaded Anne Boleyn. 

1400082498 Murder Most Royal
Author: Jean Plaidy aka Eleanor Hibbert; Buy New: $10.17

Henry VIII beheaded two of his queens: Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard,  this is their story. 

0743269837 The Other Boleyn Girl
Author: Philippa Gregory; Buy New: $17.13

Also available as trade paperback and audio CD.  Mary Boleyn, lost King Henry VIII and lived, her sister Anne married him and died upon the scaffold at his command.  See also Movies.

0553140132 Anne, the Rose of Hever
Author: Maureen Peters;
1853893838 Incredible Fierce Desire
Author: Maureen Peters;
9997406079 Anne Boleyn
Author: Evelyn Anthony

 

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Jane Seymour

042522094X Plain Jane
Author: Laurien Gardner; Buy New: $11.20

A novel about Jane Seymour.

B0007KGJQW The King's Wife
Author: Ursula Bloom;

Jane Seymour gave Henry VIII what he wanted most--a son--even though it
cost her her life.

0340530316 Pour the Dark Wine
Author: Dinah Lampitt;

The Seymours became one of the most prominent families in Tudor England when Jane Seymour became Henry VIIIs third wife. Her brother Thomas married Henrys widow, Catherine Parr, and dallied with Princess Elizabeth. This novel opens during Henrys infatuation with Anne Boleyn and ends as his daughter Mary takes the Crown.

B0000CK2K5 As The Tree Falls
Author: Doris Leslie;

Historical novel about a young man who begins his career at court as a page in the service of Jane Seymour and goes on to serve each of the succeeding wives.

B0007KGJQW The king's wife
Author: Ursula Bloom

A novel of Jane Seymour.

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Anne of Cleves

1402214316 My Lady of Cleves
Author: Margaret Campbell Barnes; Buy New: $10.17

The fourth wife, wedded but never bedded.

0743272501 The Boleyn Inheritance
Author: Philippa Gregory; Buy New: $17.13

Also available as trade paperback and audio CD. Three women who lived in the shadow of 
Anne Boleyn: Lady Jane Rochford, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard.

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Kathryn Howard

0006126936 Katheryn The Wanton Queen
Author: Maureen Peters

Katherine Howard.

0745108830 Noonday Queen
Author: Maureen Peters
0978114604 An Unchaste Life
Author: Anne Cato; Buy New: $12.89

The memoirs of Katherine Howard.

0595313019 Lies And Lust In The Tudor Court
Author: Margaret Doner; Buy New: $12.95

When she married King Henry VIII, Katherine Howard concealed her lusty
past and went on to have an affair with a handsome young courtier. 

0141181303 The Fifth Queen
Author: Ford Madox Ford, A. S. Byatt; Buy New: $12.48

A novel about Katherine Howard.

0533141990 A Rose Without a Thorn
Author: Marilyn Kohinke Washburn; Buy New: $12.44

Henry VIII called Katherine Howard his "Rose Without A Thorn," this
novel tells her story.

0709164041 Maid of Gold
Author: Philippa Wiat;

A novel about Katherine Howard.

0709127944 Six wives but one love
Author: Lozania Prole

Katherine Howard.

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Katherine Parr

070902875X Wife in Waiting
Author: Maureen Peters;
060981026X The Sixth Wife
Author: Jean Plaidy; Buy New: $11.16

Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII.

0312352182 The Last Wife of Henry VIII
Author: Carolly Erickson; Buy New: $16.47

Also available as trade paperback and audio CD,  Catherine Parr outlived Henry VIII and married the man she truly loved, Thomas Seymour, but did it really make her happy?

0061431567 The Sixth Wife
Author: Suzannah Dunn; Buy New: $11.16

Catherine Parrs best friend tells all.

B000J1GBB2 The Loves of My Lord Admiral
Author: Philip Lindsay;

Thomas Seymour wooed and wed the widowed Catherine Parr. He also made
overtures to Princess Elizabeth on the sly.

0586071024 Her Royal Destiny
Author: Carol Maxwell Eady;

A novel of Catherine parr..

0385188234 The Ivy Crown
Author: Mary M. Luke;

A biographical novel of Catherine Parr

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 Edward VI     1547–1553

0451528352 The Prince and the Pauper
Author: Mark Twain, Everett Emerson; Buy New: $3.95

Prince Edward and a peasant boy change places.

0553583077 To Kiss a Spy
Author: Jane Feather; Buy New: $6.99

Romance and intrigue in the time of young King Edward VI.

1556525761 Green Darkness
Author: Anya Seton; Buy New: $10.17

A young married couple's marital disharmony may be the result of their
previous incarnations in as a monk and the beautiful blonde who made him forget his vow of celibacy in Tudor England. Spans the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I. 

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Lady Jane Grey     10 July–19 July 1553

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0060549254 Nine Days a Queen
Author: Ann Rinaldi; Buy New: $5.99

Lady Jane Grey.

0330451898 In the Shadow of Lady Jane
Author: Edward Charles; Buy New: $13.95

A novel of Lady Jane Grey


0091196205 Henry VIII's Secret Daughter
Author: Frank Wilson Kenyon;

Was there a baby switch in the palace? Was Lady Jane Grey really the
daughter of Henry VIII?

0345495349 Innocent Traitor
Author: Alison Weir; Buy New: $10.17

A novel of Lady  Jane Grey.

0921100787 Coronation of Glory
Author: Deborah Meroff

A novel of Lady  Jane Grey.

0356082008 Crown in Darkness
Author: Margaret Mullally

A novel of Lady  Jane Grey

B000WP17PK Destiny's Lady
Author: Maureen Peters.;

Lady Jane Grey.