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Licence Amy

    This author delves into medieval and Tudor history, with a specific fascination for the lives and experiences of women. Her writing, which occasionally touches upon Modernism, spans both fiction and non-fiction. Through her journalism for prominent outlets like The Guardian and the BBC History website, she brings historical narratives to life for a broad audience. Her insights have also been featured in television documentaries, further illuminating historical subjects.

    Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville
    Red Roses
    In Bed with the Tudors
    Woodsmoke and Sage
    The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII
    Tudor Roses
    • Tudor Roses

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      The first ever comprehensive history of the queens, princesses and ladies of the Tudor family. Always more than mere foils of men, these Tudor women are fascinating in their own right.

      Tudor Roses2022
      4.3
    • A material culture book that celebrates the way the Tudors experienced the world through their five senses, the first book of its kind

      Woodsmoke and Sage2021
      4.2
    • New in paperback - The five hundredth anniversary of a momentous and spectacular meeting between two rival Renaissance monarchs; a failed bid for peace in Europe.

      1520: The Field of the Cloth of Gold2020
      3.7
    • Red Roses

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts.

      Red Roses2017
      4.0
    • The Lost Kings

      • 386 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Ten men who, had they lived, would have changed the course of history

      The Lost Kings2017
      3.7
    • Living in Squares, Loving in Triangles

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Extraordinary lives, tangled relationships, innovative art: the story of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf and their Bloomsbury Group.

      Living in Squares, Loving in Triangles2016
    • Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      When Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted, but it was the beautiful widow, Elizabeth Wydeville, who captured his heart. A new assessment of the tumultuous life of the real White Queen and her husband.

      Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville2016
      3.9
    • Cecily Neville

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Discover the true story of Richard III's mother, one of her era's great survivors

      Cecily Neville2015
      3.8
    • Elizabeth of York

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      The biography of Henry VII's queen, and mother of Henry VIII, the true story of the 'White Princess'

      Elizabeth of York2014
      3.8
    • In Bed with the Tudors

      • 254 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      What went on behind closed doors in the Tudor Court? Comprehensive coverage of all the major Tudors: Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Prince Arthur, Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's various mistresses, Edward VI, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I.

      In Bed with the Tudors2013
      4.1