New British history books for 2008
Discover the best new British history books of 2008 in this curated guide, featuring standout biographies like Linda Porter's The First Queen of England and Julia Fox's Jane Boleyn. Explore Tudor intrigue, royal lives, and Shakespearean mysteries in this essential reading list for history enthusiasts.
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The First Queen of England
by Linda Porter
Porter offers this groundbreaking new biography of Mary Tudor, a queen best remembered for burning hundreds of Protestant heretics at the stake, but whose passion, will, and sophistication have for centuries been overlooked. 16-page b&w photo insert.
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Jane Boleyn
by Julia Fox
Provides an account of the turbulent court of England's King Henry VIII and his queens, as seen through the eyes of Jane Rochford, sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and cousin to Katherine Howard, who served as a lady-in-waiting for five of the king's wives.
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The Lady Penelope
by Sally Varlow
Penelope Devereux was the brightest star who ever shone in the court of Queen Elizabeth I in sixteenth-century England. She was the most beautiful woman of her generation and muse to countless poets and musicians, yet her story ended in tragedy: she died in disgrace on 7 July 1607, a widow, outcast from court, and stripped of all her titles.
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Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War
by Nicolson, Adam
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