Linda Porter

Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars

By Linda Porter - Published 2017Published 2018

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Nonfiction

One of Charles I’s more attractive qualities was his affection for his wife and children, whose privileged existences were shattered when the ...Read Review

Tudor Versus Stuarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots

By Linda Porter - Published 2014

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Nonfiction

Linda Porter’s new tour de force covers ground left out of most histories of the Tudor period while not constantly rehashing well-known ...Read Review

Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr

By Linda Porter -

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Nonfiction

As Henry VIII’s sixth and last wife, Katherine Parr has often been relegated to a footnote in history, or caricatured as a ...Read Review

The Myth of Bloody Mary

By Linda Porter - Published 2009

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Nonfiction

This fascinating biography of Mary Tudor cuts through centuries of assumption, legend, and demonization to reveal a more even-handed portrait of the first ...Read Review

The First Queen of England: The Myth of “Bloody Mary”

By Linda Porter - Published 2007 (UK)Published 2008 (US)

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Nonfiction

If any historical figure is due for a reassessment, it’s surely Mary Tudor, characterized alternatively as a bloodthirsty fanatic and as a ...Read Review