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The Tudors
Henry VII - Henry VIII - The Six Wives -
Edward
VI - Lady Jane Grey - Mary I -
Elizabeth I - Great
Elizabeth Writers - 16th
Cnetury
Henry VII 1485–1509
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mary,
Queen of
France
Author:
Jean
Plaidy;
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$10.36
A
biographical
novel
about
Princess
Mary
Tudor,
sister
of Henry
VIII.
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When
Knighthood
Was in
Flower
Author:
Charles
Major;
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New:
$15.56
The
love
story
of
Charles
Brandon,
Duke
of
Suffolk,
and
Mary
Tudor,
sister
of
Henry
VIII.
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The
Wise
Woman
Author:
Philippa
Gregory;
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New:
$10.88
A
dark
tale
of
witchcraft
in
the
time
of
Henry
III.
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The Six Wives
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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.
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The
Two Queen Annes
Author: Lozania Prole
A novel contrasting the lives of Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves.
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Katherine of Aragon
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My
Tudor Queen
Author: Alison Prince; Buy New: $11.68
Young adult novel. The memoirs of a young girl who served
Catherine of Aragon.
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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.
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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.
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The
King's Pleasure
Author: Norah Lofts; Buy New: $10.00
A biographical novel of Katherine of Aragon.
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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
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Anne
Boleyn and Me
Author: Alison Prince; Buy New: $11.68
Young adult novel. The memoirs of a young woman who served
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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.
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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.
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A
Lady Raised High
Author: Laurien Gardner; Buy New: $11.90
Anne Boleyn as seen through the eyes of her
lady-in-waiting.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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All
or Nothing
Author: Joanna Dessau; Buy
New: $32.50
A novel of Anne Boleyn.
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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.
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The
French Executioner
Author: C.C. Humphreys;
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A novel about the man
who beheaded Anne
Boleyn.
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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.
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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.
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Jane Seymour
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Plain
Jane
Author: Laurien
Gardner; Buy New:
$11.20
A novel about
Jane Seymour.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Anne of Cleves
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My
Lady of
Cleves
Author:
Margaret
Campbell
Barnes; Buy
New: $10.17
The
fourth wife,
wedded but
never
bedded.
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The
Boleyn
Inheritance
Author:
Philippa
Gregory;
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$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
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An
Unchaste
Life
Author:
Anne
Cato;
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$12.89
The
memoirs
of
Katherine
Howard.
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Lies
And
Lust
In The
Tudor
Court
Author:
Margaret
Doner;
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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.
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The
Fifth
Queen
Author:
Ford
Madox
Ford,
A.
S.
Byatt;
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New:
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A
novel
about
Katherine
Howard.
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A
Rose
Without
a
Thorn
Author:
Marilyn
Kohinke
Washburn;
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New:
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Henry
VIII
called
Katherine
Howard
his
"Rose
Without
A
Thorn,"
this
novel
tells
her
story.
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Maid
of Gold
Author: Philippa Wiat;
A
novel
about
Katherine
Howard.
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Katherine Parr
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The
Sixth
Wife
Author:
Jean
Plaidy;
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New:
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Catherine
Parr,
the
sixth
and
last
wife
of
Henry
VIII.
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The
Last
Wife
of
Henry
VIII
Author:
Carolly
Erickson;
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New:
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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?
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The
Sixth
Wife
Author:
Suzannah
Dunn;
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New:
$11.16
Catherine
Parrs
best
friend
tells
all.
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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.
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The
Ivy
Crown
Author:
Mary
M.
Luke;
A
biographical
novel
of
Catherine
Parr
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Edward VI
1547–1553
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To
Kiss
a
Spy
Author:
Jane
Feather;
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New:
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Romance
and
intrigue
in
the
time
of
young
King
Edward
VI.
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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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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?
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Innocent
Traitor
Author: Alison Weir; Buy New: $10.17
A novel of Lady Jane Grey.
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