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Leanda de Lisle

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Leanda de Lisle is the author of bestselling Tudor and Stuart history praised for meticulous research as well as strong narratives. She has a Masters degree in history from Oxford University. TUDOR, her biography of the Tudor family 1437-1603, was a top ten Sunday Times best seller, BBC History book of the year, Daily Telegraph book of the year, and History Today book of the year. THE SISTERS WHO WOULD BE QUEEN; THE TRAGEDY OF MARY, KATHERINE AND LADY JANE GREY, was a New York Times best seller and is the inspiration for Phillippa Gregory's 2017 novel THE LAST TUDOR. Her latest book WHITE KING,, a biography of the doomed Charles I, is her most dramatic yet and is the winner of the 2018 Historical Writers Association non-fiction crown.

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	The Sisters Who Would Be Queen 3.90 avg rating — 5,766 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tudor: The Family Story 4.16 avg rating — 2,088 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England 3.83 avg rating — 1,012 ratings — published 2005 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr 4.09 avg rating — 741 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen 4.05 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catholics and Their Houses by Leanda de Lisle (Goodreads Author), Peter Stanford 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tudor by Leanda de Lisle (Goodreads Author), Sandra Duncan (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brave girl's tale deserves better telling.(I am Nujood Ali, Age 10 and Divorced)(Book review): An article from: National Catholic Reporter 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If my faults deserve punishment, my youth at least, and my imprudence were worthy of excuse”
― Leanda de Lisle, The Sisters Who Would Be Queen

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“Similarly, while the Tudors are often recalled in terms of a historical enmity with Spain, this too is history written with hindsight: the Armada did not take place until a generation after Elizabeth became queen.”
― Leanda de Lisle, Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family

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“There is a strong idea in the world that a woman cannot live unless she is married, or at all events that if she refrains from marriage she does so for some bad reason.”
― Leanda de Lisle, Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family

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What book about the Tudors or the Tudor World would you like to read in April 2021?

The Raven's Widow: A Novel of Jane Boleyn by Adrienne Dillard

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After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England by Leanda de Lisle

8 votes, 20.0%

Who Killed Kit Marlowe?: A Contract to Murder in Elizabethan England by M.J. Trow

6 votes, 15.0%

Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson

5 votes, 12.5%

The Pilgrimage of Grace: The Rebellion That Shook Henry VIII's Throne by Geoffrey Moorhouse

3 votes, 7.5%

The Cradle King: The Life of James VI and I, The First Monarch of a United Great Britain by Alan Stewart

3 votes, 7.5%

A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess

3 votes, 7.5%

La Reine Blanche: Mary Tudor, a Life in Letters by Sarah Bryson

2 votes, 5.0%

The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts

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The Eyes of the Queen by Oliver Clements

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