Tudor
The Young Elizabeth
With excellent excavation of the facts and an engaging style of writing, Plowden explores what life was like for Elizabeth…
All the King’s Cooks: The Tudor Kitchens of Henry VIII at Hampton Court
From the storage of game without modern refrigeration to the extraordinary size of the staff required to cater a banquet,…
Mary and Elizabeth
When Henry VIII finally does the country a favour and burbles his way to a premature death, surrounded by the…
The Queen’s Gamble
Editors' choice
Isabel Valverde, her husband, Carlos, and her son Nicolas travel to England from Peru in the New World in the…
Poison, Your Grace
In the second book of her Simon and Elizabeth series, Peg Herring pits Lady Elizabeth Tudor, sister of King Edward…
The Favored Queen
In this novel, the latest of her self-described “historical entertainments,” Erickson tells the story of Jane Seymour, the third wife…
In a Treacherous Court
John Parker has risen from the London slums to become one of Henry VIII’s most trusted courtiers – a man…
Revenger
This is the second novel by Clements featuring the Elizabethan ‘intelligencer’, John Shakespeare. His more famous younger brother pops up…
Three Maids for a Crown
Set during the turbulent era of Tudor England, the dramatic story of Lady Jane Grey and her sisters, Katherine and…
Traitor’s Kiss
Elizabeth I is one of England’s best known rulers and is often described as the ‘Virgin Queen’. This novel explores…
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