Tudor - Anne Boleyn Books

[kitty_kitty]

I love anything to do with Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I.

 

Which books do people recommend about them.

 

I have read:

The other Boleyn girl

The Boleyn Inheritance

The Queen of Subtleties - Suzannah Dunn

The secret Diary of Annne Boleyn

 

That is all i can remember off the top of my head

[Louiseog]

Cj Sansom Dissolution, Dark Fire and Sovereign are good, Henry VIII

[Tiger]

Ooh, I love anything to do with Anne Boleyn! Sadly, I'm too young for Philippa Gregory, though I've read a few on the six wives already.

 

Anne Boleyn- The Wife Who Lost Her Head

Anne Boleyn And Me

The Secret Diary Of Anne Boleyn

The Sixth Wife

 

And others, although I forget what they are

[Kell]

The Lady in the Tower by Jean Plaidy.

[Lilywhite]

Oooh, I have that one to read. I love these books as well. I will have a look on my read pile from last year and see what I can come up with.

[kitty_kitty]

Thank you very mush keep them coming!!

[Kirstykat]

:blush:Hello Everyone! It's been a while,but I am back now !

 

I LOVE Historical Novels and can highly recommend 'Anne Boleyn, A Novel' by Jessica Smith. It shows a very interesting side to The Tale and you can tell that it was really well researched. I got my copy from E-Bay - I am not sure if it is still in print as the original price was in Shillings and Pence....! It's worth keeping your eyes peeled for, though

[Angel]

C. J. Sansom's Shardlake series is set in the 16th century - can't recommend them enough!

[tometraveller]

Try "I, Elizabeth" by Rosalind Miles. Very good fiction about Elizabeth I.

[Lilywhite]

I would recommend Jean Plaidy and Philippa Gregory for the actual Tudor books, however, if it's just a good historical fiction book you are after, maybe try Elizabeth Chadwick or Posie Graeme-Evans.

[Hazeltree]

I can't really recommend any other books than those already mentioned, but I just wanted to say that I've just re-read The Other Boleyn Girl and am really in the mood for some more books from this period - I'm going to have to find some of the ones on this list!

 

Alison Weir's non-fiction books are very readable - I've found them the most enjoyable of all 'text book' type history books.

[Lilywhite]

What a great suggestion. I never thought of reading non-fiction as I always considered them to be too 'text like'. I find it hard to keep facts and figures in my head when they are presented as a learning text, which is why I struggled with history at school. I've learnt more about historical figures and timelines through fiction than I did at A-level

[Tiger]

Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy is Anne Boleyn and her cousin Catherine Howard, I loved it!

[zaraworld]

Just to let people know:

I don't know if this is available anywhere else, but in the u.k. Probs though. Galaxy is doing a book comp using a code on the inside wrapper and you really should redeem the codes. It isn't a scam, I recieved my book withing a week in a cute brown gradient ox with pink books on it, a galaxy bookmark and your chosen book out of about eight which has the galazy book comp sticker on the front. The other boleyn girl is one of the titles being offered and its an amazing comp,

enter plz

[Ladyinthetower]

Alison Weir's non-fiction books are very readable - I've found them the most enjoyable of all 'text book' type history books.

 

I would have to agre with this. i have recently finished Lady In the Tower - The Fall of Anne Boleyn and found it most compelling. In fact, I am thinking of re-reading it!

 

LITT

[Nicola]

Have you read The Six Wives of Henry VIII? I've read this recently and thought it was great.

[missybct]

Have you read The Six Wives of Henry VIII? I've read this recently and thought it was great.

 

I read this too, last summer and really enjoyed it (as much as you can I guess!). It was really good to read more about Katherine of Aaragon rather than Anne Boleyn.

 

I also read another book about Anne Boleyn by Joanna Denny last summer, but she is a staunch believer that Boleyn was a victim of Henry rather than his equal. I don't dispute Henry was wicked in getting rid of her for Jane, but Boleyn was a very wild woman!

[Ruth]

If you like non-fiction, Eric Ives has written a super biography of Anne -it's called The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: The Most Happy.

 

Also, The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn, by Alison Weir, is supposed to be very good (also non-fiction).

[Ruth]

I read this too, last summer and really enjoyed it (as much as you can I guess!). It was really good to read more about Katherine of Aaragon rather than Anne Boleyn.

 

I also read another book about Anne Boleyn by Joanna Denny last summer, but she is a staunch believer that Boleyn was a victim of Henry rather than his equal. I don't dispute Henry was wicked in getting rid of her for Jane, but Boleyn was a very wild woman!

I read that one as well, but I found the author's very obvious bias was a bit off-putting. It was as if she blindly refused to accept that Anne could have ever done anything wrong.

[missybct]

I read that one as well, but I found the author's very obvious bias was a bit off-putting. It was as if she blindly refused to accept that Anne could have ever done anything wrong.

 

That's what I thought, I was trying to word it thus in the post but couldn't think of how to put it! She was very pro-Anne, and anti-Katherine/Jane.

[nin0uch]

If you love Anne Boleyn, Eric Ives' one is probably the best and the most faithful to her life

[MuggleMagic]

I've recently finished The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George and I would highly recommend it. This huge door stop of a book has been very well researched, is rich in detail but also gives Henry's life in a novel form from his point of view. It starts in his boyhood and goes right through his wives up until his death.

 

I consume all of the Tudor books that I can get my hands on and it was great to finally read something from Henry's point of view. It even inspired a trip to Hampton Court Palace

[Greta]

I've recently finished The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George and I would highly recommend it. This huge door stop of a book has been very well researched, is rich in detail but also gives Henry's life in a novel form from his point of view. It starts in his boyhood and goes right through his wives up until his death.

 

I consume all of the Tudor books that I can get my hands on and it was great to finally read something from Henry's point of view. It even inspired a trip to Hampton Court Palace

 

Yes, I too think that Margaret George's biography of Henry VIII is a great read. It's ages since I read it but it is still one of my favourites.

[Karsa Orlong]

Apart from C J Sansom's Shardlake books, the novel that springs immediately to mind is Wolf Hall which, being about Thomas Cromwell, features Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn quite prominently. I thought it was brilliant

[Tiger]

I'm still pretty much obsessed with the Tudors, especially Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard. These are the books I would recommend:

The Autobiography of Henry VIII- Margaret George

The Boleyn Inheritance- Philippa Gregory

The Sixth Wife- Jean Plaidy

Murder Most Royal- Jean Plaidy

The Lady In The Tower- Jean Plaidy

The Confession of Katherine Howard- Suzannah Dunn

Innocent Traitor - Alison Weir

The Other Boleyn Girl- Philippa Gregory

 

And non-fiction favourites:

 

Elizabeth - David Starkey

Six Wives - David Starkey

The Lady In The Tower- Alison Weir

Henry: Virtuous Prince - David Starkey

 

Edited February 26, 2011 by Tiger