Friday, March 13, 2009

Historical Fiction: The Tudor Era

Due partly to the popularity of Philippa Gregory and the Showtime series The Tudors, many people have taken an interest in the Tudor era of English history. There are non-fiction titles that give accounts of this era and its royalty, but why don’t you try a novel set in this time period? Here are a few to get you started:

Dissolution by C.J. Sansom

Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir

The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson

Mademoiselle Boleyn by Robin Maxwell

Plain Jane: A Novel of Jane Seymour by Laurien Gardner

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett

The Queen of Subtleties by Suzannah Dunn

The Spanish Bride: A Novel of Catherine of Aragon by Laurien Gardner

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