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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History by Tracy Borman
Category: Biography Memoir
'(A)sensational book by one of our greatest and best-loved historians... Astoundingly good.' - Alison Weir 'Masterful, captivating, page-turning, this is solid gold history at its best.' - Nicola Tallis '(A) thought-provoking, impeccably researched, and moving account uncovering how Anne's family, intel ...Show more
Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I - The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History by Tracy Borman
Category: History
'(A)sensational book by one of our greatest and best-loved historians... Astoundingly good.' - Alison Weir 'Masterful, captivating, page-turning, this is solid gold history at its best.' - Nicola Tallis '(A) thought-provoking, impeccably researched, and moving account uncovering how Anne's family, int ...Show more
Crown & Sceptre: 1000 Years of Kings and Queens by Tracy Borman
Category: History
A stunning tour de force and a remarkable achievement.- Alison WeirThis is Our Island Story for the modern age. - Charles Spencer'Not just a brilliant compendium of biographies, but the biography of an institution: a marvellous read' - Tom Holland'This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle'(William ...Show more
Elizabeth's Women - Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen by Tracy Borman
Category: History
A source of endless fascination and speculation, the subject of countless biographies, novels, and films, Elizabeth I is now considered from a thrilling new angle by the brilliant young historian Tracy Borman. So often viewed in her relationships with men, the Virgin Queen is portrayed here as the produ ...Show more
Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen by Tracy Borman
Category: History
"Elizabeth I was born into a world of women.As a child, she was served by a predominantly female household of servants and governesses, with occasional visits from her mother, Anne Bolyen, and the wives who later took her place.As Queen, Elizabeth was constantly attended by ladies of the bedchamber and ...Show more
Henrietta Howard - King's Mistress, Queen's Servant by Borman, Tracy
Category: Biography Memoir
Henry VIII The Secret History of the Men Behind the Tudor Throne by Borman Tracy
Category: European History
Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him by Tracy Borman
Category: History
Henry VIII is well known for his tumultuous relationships with women, and he is often defined by his many marriages. But what do we see if we take a different look? When we see Henry through the men in his life, a new perspective on this famous king emerges...Henry's relationships with the men who surro ...Show more
Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him - The Secret History Behind the Tudor Throne by Tracy Borman
Category: History
Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. However, as acclaimed historian Tracy Borman makes clear in her illuminating new chronicle of Henry's life, his reign and reputation were hugely influenced by the men who surrounded and interacted with him ...Show more
King's Mistress, Queen's Servant by Tracy Borman
Category: History
Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. Described by Swift as a consummate courtier who packed away her 'private virtues...like cloths in a chest', by Pope as 'so very reasonable, so unmov'd', and by the world at large as 'the Swiss' (due ...Show more