Henry VIII's Wives: The Story of Henry's six queens
5 best books like Henry VIII's Wives: The Story of Henry's six queens (Alison Prince): Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914, Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544, Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England, The Lost Prince: The Survival of Richard of York
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914
| Author | Carolyn Meyer |
| ISBN | 0439129087 |
This was the book that launched my love affair with Russia. I read it at age 12, fell in love with the Romanov family and Russia, and promptly went out and bought a Teach Yourself Russian in Three Months set (with accompanying CASSETTES, which lets you know how long ago this was!). Ten years later, I graduated...
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
| Author | Kathryn Lasky |
| ISBN | 0590684841 |
This was a reread for me. I believe I originally read this book sometime during middle school and I remembered that I really liked it. I read a bunch of the Dear America and Royal Diaries books but I would always get them from my school library. Now I’m going to try to buy the ones I liked so I can relive my childhood....
| Author | Kathryn Lasky |
| ISBN | 0439194040 |
I read these books when I was little, so I have a very childish adoration for them. However, reading them now I am irritated with the historical inaccuracies since they help perpetuate the lack of knowledge having to do with history in general. MQoS is a very complex figure given a very anglo personality,...
The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England
| Author | Susan Higginbotham |
| ISBN | 1402237669 |
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The Stolen Crown begins is told from the alternating POV of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham and his wife Katherine Woodville. Henry (Harry) was married as a young child to Katherine, younger sister of Elizabeth Woodville - Queen of England and wife to Edward IV (no small feat for those...
| Author | David Baldwin |
| ISBN | 0750943351 |
The story of the Princes in the Tower is one of history's most enduring, poignant and romanticised tales. But were the princes really murdered? David Baldwin presents a fresh new approach to the mystery and reveals, for the first time, the true fate of the younger prince, Richard, Duke of York.On 22...
