Fiction - Mystery About the Author: C.J. Sansom C.J. Sansom is the author of the best selling Matthew Shardlake mysteries, about a reformist who works for Thomas Cromwell to uncover treasonous plots. "Sovereign" is the third in the series. "Revelation", next in the series, is due for release May 6, 2008. |
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 Fiction - Mystery About the Author: Karen Harper Karen Harper is the author of the nine book series "The Elizabeth I Mysteries". The Poyson Garden is the first and The Hooded Hawk is the most recent. Harper has also written other historical fiction including "The Last Boleyn" and "The First Princess of Wales: A Novel". | Submitted by: SemperEadem
Comments: Set just before Elizabeth becomes queen of England, when Mary still rules, Elizabeth puts on the hat of the sleuth. She's confined to a castle, but she sneaks out to investigate the murders/attempted murders of the Boleyn family. Of course, the history is not always the greatest, but it was fun to see Elizabeth as a detective, her relationship with those close to her, her fears concerning Mary, and her meeting with Mary Boleyn and Henry Carey. I really doubt she could have escaped from her house confinement for as long as she did in the book, and I'm even more doubtful as to her taking on the disguise of a young boy, but when I read this when it first came out (I was still in high school and little background in Tudor histoy), I enjoyed it. |
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 Fiction - Romance About the Author: Suzannah Dunn Suzannah Dunn is a graduate of Creative Writing program at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of several books including, "the Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn" and "The Sixth Wife"."The Queen's Sorrow", a novel about Mary I, will be released July, 2008. |
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| Fiction - Romance / Adventure About the Author: Margaret Irwin Margaret Irwin is another author of historical fiction whose following extends across generations. Her Elizabeth trilogy was first printed in the 1940's, was made into a feature film staring Jean Simmons in 1953, and the latest reprint was in 2007. Irwin has also written: "The Galliard: The Great Love of Mary Queen of Scots" (Fiction) and "The Great Lucifer: A Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh" (non-Fiction). | Submitted by: SemperEadem
Comments: Another of the fiction books I read in high school, Young Bess was a favorite of mine. Set during Elizabeth's teen years, it covers her time under Catherine Parr's household, and her time spent with the Lord High Admiral, Thomas Seymour. Historically, I thought Irwin did a fantastic job of documenting the times and the teenage turmoil that Elizabeth would have faced when around Seymour. She did a good job of highlighting the danger of the attraction Elizabeth may have felt for him, and even dabbled in some Tudor economics and property issues! Definitely a book for those familiar with British history, especially Tudor times. An oldie but a goodie, it is easy to understand why this book is still in print after so many years. |
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| Fiction About the Author: Hilda Lewis Hilda Lewis (1896 - 1974) wrote dozens of popular historical novels in her lifetime. Most, including her trilogy about Mary Tudor, are currently out of print, but some like "Wife to the Bastard" and "Harlot Queen" have been reprinted in recent years since the genre of histoical fiction has regained in popularity. "I am Mary Tudor" is the first in her trilogy, followed by "Mary the Queen" and "Bloody Mary". | Submitted by: angelosdaughter
Comments: An epic tale told from the point of view of Princess/Queen Mary Tudor who is here the fictional author of her memoir. A lively and engaging retelling of events in the Tudor court as wtinessed by the daughter of Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon either at first or second hand, "I am Mary Tudor" gives the reader a glimpse of the mind of the princess at first celebrated and adored by her parents and later bastardized and humiliated by her father after his divorce from Katharine. Mary's love for both of her parents, her dismay at the unfolding betrayal of her father, her grief at the separation from her mother, and her conflicted (and it seems unreciprocated) love for her little half sister, Ellizabeth, the daughter of her mother's supplanter are convincingly portrayed. The author has done her research and lists the sources consulted in the back of the book. Readers of nonfiction on the period will recognize the characters. This novel may be out of print, but is well worth borrowing from your local llibrary if you can find it. |
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| Fiction About the Author: Anthony Burgess In 1993, "A Dead Man in Deptford" was the last book Anthony Burgess published in his lifetime. The novel is based loosely on the life of Christopher Marlowe, playwright and spy of Elizabethan England, and his struggles with the political and sexual conflicts of his time. Anthony Burgess is a British novelist famous for such works as "A Clockwork Orange" and "Nothing Like the Sun". |
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| Fiction About the Author: Jean Plaidy Jean Plaidy is the pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert (1906 - 1993) a British author who has written approximately 200 historical novels during her lifetime. Many of her books were set in the Tudor period, "Uneasy Lies the Head" is chronologically the earliest in her Tudors Series is about Henry VII. |
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| Fiction: Fantasy / Adventure About the Author: Mark Twain Mark Twain (1835-1910) is a classic American author and humorist. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clements, but he adopted his famous pen name after his career as a steam-boat pilot on the Mississippi River. Much of his writings, such as "The Prince and the Pauper" (1881), satirized class and social differences in order to focus on universal themes of humanity. The book involves prince Edward Tudor switching identities with a street boy named Tom Candy. |
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| Fiction About the Author: Rosalind Miles |
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| Fiction: Fantasy / Adventure About the Author: Robin Maxwell Robin Maxwell has written five works of fiction set in the Tudor Era: "The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn", "Mademoiselle Boleyn", "Wild Irish", "Virgin: Prelude to the Throne", and "The Queen's Bastard". "To the Tower Born" involves "Princess Bessie" = Elizabeth of York, the future wife of Henry VII and beloved mother of Henry VIII. |
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| Fiction: Fantasy / Adventure About the Author: Robin Maxwell [see above] "Wild Irish" is a fictionalized account of the meeting of Elizabeth I with Irish pirate Grace O'Malley in 1593. |
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| Fiction About the Author: Alison Weir [see above] |
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| Fiction- Mystery / Adventure About the Author: Patricia Finney
Patricia Finney is a gifted British author who wrote her first award-winning novel at age 18 before attending Oxford. She has written a mystery/adventure trilogy set in the Elizabethan Era around two fictional courtiers David Becket and Simon Ames. "Gloriana's Torch" the last in the series, takes place during the Spanish Armada. Aside from adult historical fiction, Finney also writes children's books including the Lady Grace Mystery series which has the daughter of George Cavendish as the protagonist. |
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| Fiction About the Author: Robin Maxwell [see above] |
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| Fiction About the Author: Carolly Erickson |
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| Fiction About the Author: Jean Plaidy [see above] Part of "The Queens of England" Series |
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| Fiction About the Author: Jean Plaidy [see above] Part of the "Tudor Princesses" Series |
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| Fiction About the Author: Victioria Holt Victoria Holt is another psuedonym of Eleanor Hibbert, who also wrote under the name Jean Plaidy, (see above). "My Enemy The Queen" revolves around Lettice Knollys / Devereux and her at times heated relationship with her cousin, the Queen of England, Elizabeth I. |
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| Fiction - Mystery About the Author: Fiona Buckley Fiona Buckley is the pseudonym of British author Valerie Anand. "To Shield the Queen" is the first in her series of eight books revolving around the fictional courtier Ursula Blanchard. |
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| Fiction About the Author: Jean Plaidy [see above] |
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| Fiction About the Author: Margaret Campbell Barnes [see above] |
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| Fiction About the Author: Sir Walter Scott Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scottland in 1771. He is known for such classics as "Ivanhoe". His novel "Kenilworth" is set in 1575 in the court of Elizabeth I. The plot centers on the secret marriage of Robert Dudley and Amy Robsart, who is murdered. |
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| Fiction About the author : Judith Merkle Riley teaches in the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. The adventures of a woman miniature painter caught in the dynastic intrigues of Henry VIII and his arch-rival, Francis I. Review: " A new and enchanting Riley period masque...Spooky, riotous, headlong action, ivory-clear satires of power players, a spot of comic grue, enticing period ambiance, and prose alluringly luminous: a top-notch re-creation" Kirkus Reviews |
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