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  The Children of Henry VIII

  by Alison Weir

  (Formerly entitled: Children of England) "Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject." --The Philadelphia Inquirer At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his... (more)
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  Innocent Traitor

  A Novel of Lady Jane Grey

  by Alison Weir

  I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir’s enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey–“the Nine Days’ Queen”–a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of the religious... (more)
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  The Lady Elizabeth

  by Alison Weir

  Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England’s most intriguing and powerful queen. Even at age two, Elizabeth is keenly aware that people... (more)
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  The Tudors

  The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty

  by G. J. Meyer

  For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild excess. In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a... (more)
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  The Sisters Who Would Be Queen

  Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy

  by Leanda De Lisle

  Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey–sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a kingdom and altered a nation’s destiny–are the captivating subjects of Leanda de Lisle’s new book. The Sisters Who Would Be Queen breathes fresh life into these three young women, who were victimized in the notoriously vicious Tudor power struggle and whose heirs would otherwise probably be ruling England today. Born into aristocracy,... (more)
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  My Story: Book 9

  Bloody Tower

  A Tudor Girl's Diary 1553 - 1559

  by Valeriae Wilding

  Tilly lives in turbulent times. It's the 1550s; when Queen Mary ousts Lady Jane Grey to win the throne, her executioners are kept busy. Even Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower. As Tilly watches the plots and politics of the Tudor court unfolding, she waits for her chance to deliver a very important letter...
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  The Spymaster Chronicles: Book 1

  The Tudor Secret

  by C. W. Gortner

  A revised version of "The Secret Lion".Summer 1553: A time of danger and deceit. Brendan Prescott, an orphan, is reared in the household of the powerful Dudley family. Brought to court, he finds himself sent on an illicit mission to the King's brilliant but enigmatic sister, Princess Elizabeth. But Brendan is soon compelled to work as a double agent by Elizabeth's protector, William Cecil--who promises... (more)
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  Her Highness, the Traitor

  by Susan Higginbotham

  When Henry VIII dies, leaving behind his nine-year-old son as his heir, a deadly series of power struggles begins, transforming the lives of two women. Joan Dudley's husband, the Duke of Northumberland, becomes the most powerful man in England, while Frances Grey perchs with her daughter Jane dangerously close to the throne. But when Mary Tudor asserts her own right to the crown, Frances and Joan find that the... (more)
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  Penguin History of Britain: Book 5

  New Worlds, Lost Worlds

  The Rule of the Tudors, 1485-1603

  by Susan Brigden

  No period in British history has more resonance and mystery today than the sixteenth century. New Worlds, Lost Worlds brings the atmosphere and events of this great epoch to life. Exploring the underlying religious motivations for the savage violence and turbulence of the period-from Henry VIII's break with Rome to the overwhelming threat of the Spanish Armada-Susan Brigden investigates the actions and... (more)
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  Edward VI

  The Lost King of England

  by Chris Skidmore

  The birth of Edward on October 12, 1537, ended his father’s twenty-seven-year wait for an heir. Nine years later, Edward was on the throne, a boy-king in a court where manipulation, treachery, and plotting were rife. Henry VIII’s death in January 1547 marked the end of a political giant whose reign had dominated his kingdom with an iron grip for thirty-eight years. Few could remember an England without... (more)
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  The First Queen of England

  The Myth of "Bloody Mary"

  by Linda Porter

  It is the tragedy of Queen Mary that today, 450 years after her death, she remains the most hated, least understood monarch in English history—remembered best for burning hundreds of Protestant heretics at the stake. Linda Porter’s pioneering new biography cuts through the myths to reveal the truth about the first queen to rule England in her own right. Daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, Mary Tudor... (more)
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  Kings & Queens of England a Dark History 1066 to Presend Day

  The British royal family is considered by many to be the most prestigious in the world. Yet its sensational and often lurid past contains deeds so dark and dastardly that they were covered up and remained secret for centuries . . .
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  Green Darkness

  by Anya Seton

  This unforgettable story of undying love combines mysticism, suspense, mystery, and romance into a web of good and evil that stretches from 16th-century England to the present day. Richard Marsdon marries a young American woman named Celia, brings her to live at his English estate, and all seems to be going well. But now Richard has become withdrawn, and Celia is constantly haunted by a vague dread. When she... (more)
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  The Wives of Henry VIII

  Also published as The Six Wives of Henry VIII

  by Antonia Fraser

  The six-week New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII — from an acclaimed biographer."Admirably succeed(s) in bringing to life the six women who married England's ruler ..." — New York Times Book Review.
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  The Last Days of Henry VIII

  Conspiracies, Treason and Heresy at the Court of the Dying Tyrant

  by Robert Hutchinson

  After 35 years in power, Henry VIII was a bloated, hideously obese, black-humoured old man, rarely seen in public. He had striven all his life to ensure the survival of his dynasty by siring legitimate sons, yet his only male heir was eight-year-old Prince Edward. It was increasingly obvious that when Henry died, real power in England would be exercised by a regent. The prospect of that prize spurred the rival... (more)
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  My Lady of Cleves

  A Novel of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves

  by Margaret Campbell Barnes

  The Absorbing Story of Henry VIII's Fourth Queen, Her Secret Love, Her Power-Hungry Husband, and the Country That Ruled Them All "At long last Anne of Cleves gets her day as a noble and highminded heroine in the lists of historical fiction!" - CHICAGO TRIBUNE My Lady of Cleves reveals the mesmerizing story of Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife, one of the rare women who matched wits successfully... (more)
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  Great Leaders

  Queen Elizabeth I

  by Betka Zamoyska

  "How haps it? Yesterday my Lady Princess, today but my Lady Elizabeth," two-year-old Elizabeth is said to have remarked after her mother, Ann Boleyn, was beheaded and the little girl was declared illegitimate. She was thirteen-and-a-half when her father, King Henry VIII, died, and by then she was well skilled in the art of survival. She was twenty-five on her succession to the throne and determined to demonstrate... (more)
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  Thomas Cranmer

  by Diarmaid MacCulloch

  This prizewinning biography provides the definitive account of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, architect of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, King Henry VIII`s guide through three divorces, and ultimately a martyr for his Protestant faith. English Reformation scholar Diarmaid MacCulloch draws on new manuscript sources in Britain and elsewhere to create this vivid new study-the first on Cranmer in over... (more)
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  The English Monarchs Series

  Henry VIII

  by J. J. Scarisbrick

  First published in 1968, Jack Scarisbrick's "Henry VIII" is a book which focuses on the personality of this flamboyant and forceful monarch, exploring an impulsive interventionist king whose impact on the government, society and religion of England is felt more than four centuries on.
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  Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk

  by Alison Plowden

  The beheading in 1554 of Lady Jane Grey, the "Nine Days Queen," was a horrifying episode in English history, yet her judicial murder caused no great stir at the time, even among staunch Protestants. Executed at age 16, after a hastily arranged marriage made her a pawn in a bloody royal power-game, Lady Jane was too closely identified with the Dudleys' failed coup to rouse much syumpathy. Earlier biographers have... (more)