14 must-read nonfiction books like The Boleyns of Hever Castle by Owen Emmerson

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The Boleyns of Hever Castle

By: Owen Emmerson

4.35

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Hever Castle is a picture-postcard fortified manor house nestled in the Kent countryside. It is fam…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Boleyns of Hever Castle by Owen Emmerson , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown

By: Claire Ridgway

3.90

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

During the spring of 1536 in Tudor England, events conspire to bring down Anne Boleyn, the Queen of… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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2. The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII

By: Suzannah Lipscomb

2.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his p… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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3. The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.42

Format: 718 pages,

Philippa Gregory presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as t… read more

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  • british literature
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4. The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy, The Cousins' War, brings to life the story of M… read more

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  • tudor period
  • british literature

5. The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen

By: Susan Bordo

3.50

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking retelling and reclaiming of Anne Boleyn's life and legacy puts old questions to re… read more

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6. Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #3)

By: Alison Weir

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Acclaimed author and historian Alison Weir continues her epic Six Tudor Queens series with this thi… read more

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7. A Realm Divided: England in 1215

By: Dan Jones

3.93

Format: 300 pages,

1215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history … read more

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8. The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.90

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Caught between loyalties, the mother of the Tudors must choose between the red rose and the white. … read more

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9. Tudor: The Family Story

By: Leanda de Lisle

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

# Sunday Times Bestseller; BBC History Book of the Year; a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year; a Hist… read more

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10. The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2)

By: Alison Weir

4.03

Format: 593 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of t… read more

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  • tudor period
  • british literature
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11. The Last White Rose (Tudor Rose #1)

By: Alison Weir

4.09

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the life of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth, … read more

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  • tudor period
  • british literature
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12. The Lady's Defiance

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.13

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tudor court is crawling with enemies. She can only hide for so long.“There’s no danger in a bit… read more

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  • tudor period
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13. The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court

By: Gareth Russell

4.21

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The popular and “scrupulous historian” (Daily Mail , London) Gareth Russell presents five hundred y… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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14. Medical Downfall of the Tudors: Sex, Reproduction & Succession

By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.88

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I’s body to succeed her. Henry VI… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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15. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more

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  • tudor period
  • british literature
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16. Katheryn Howard: the Scandalous Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #5)

By: Alison Weir

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII's fifth… read more

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  • tudor period
  • british literature
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17. The Final Year of Anne Boleyn

By: Natalie Grueninger

4.32

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. She was… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
"Try me good king, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges… My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace’s d…"

-Natalie Grueninger, The Final Year of Anne Boleyn

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18. The Lady Ursula (Royal Court #6)

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.31

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

The final novel in the Royal Court Series. Ghosts of a glorious past haunt her family. Born into ob… read more

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19. Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History

By: Tracy Borman

4.26

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. By far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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20. House of Tudor: A Grisly History

By: Mickey Mayhew

4.07

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

Gruesome but not gratuitous, this decidedly darker take on the Tudors, from 1485 to 1603, covers so… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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21. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

By: Leah Redmond Chang

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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22. Elizabeth's Rival

By: Nicola Tallis

4.12

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A kinswoman to Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys had begun the Queen’s glittering reign basking in favor… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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23. Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

By: Lucy Worsley

4.19

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black?… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
"She no longer followed fashion; she had created a fashion all her own."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"Surely Victoria's mental health suffered because all the men around her expected it to."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"The daily contents even of her bin 'would be more interesting than a year's file of The Times'."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"With Bertie's illness, Victoria's return to her best self, the self she had lost in Albert, had begun."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

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24. Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens, #6)

By: Alison Weir

4.23

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Two husbands dead; a life marred by sadness. And now Katharine is in love for the first time in her… read more

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  • tudor period
  • british literature
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25. The Lady's Gamble

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.29

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tudor court is full of endless opportunities for power, love and...destruction. Elizabeth Se… read more

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  • tudor period
  • british literature
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26. The Lady's Crown (Royal Court Series #2)

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.04

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

The tragic tale of the Lady Jane Grey — the Nine Day Queen is well known. Sentenced to die as marty… read more

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  • tudor period
Cover of Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served Anne Boleyn by Sylvia Barbara Soberton

27. Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served Anne Boleyn

By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton

4.01

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

“An expertly researched and compelling story. Sylvia Barbara Soberton brings to life the court of A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • tudor period
  • british literature
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28. Cecily

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Rebellion?" The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips… read more

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  • british literature
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29. The Boleyns of Hever Castle

By: Owen Emmerson

4.35

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Hever Castle is a picture-postcard fortified manor house nestled in the Kent countryside. It is fam… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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30. The Making of Henry VIII (Uncovering the Tudors)

By: Marie Louise Bruce

4.11

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

To what extent did King Henry VIII’s upbringing shape him into the tyrannical figure we know today?… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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31. The Outrageous Queens

By: Marc Alexander

3.67

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Outrageous means immoderate, extravagant, extraordinary, violent, furious, grossly cruel, immoral, … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

14 must-read history books like The Boleyns of Hever Castle by Owen Emmerson

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The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown

Claire Ridgway

3.90

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The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII

Suzannah Lipscomb

2.89

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The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court

Gareth Russell

4.21

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Medical Downfall of the Tudors: Sex, Reproduction & Succession

Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.88

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Isabella: Braveheart of France

Colin Falconer

3.87

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MY FAIR LADY: A Story of Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's Lost Queen

J.P. Reedman

3.77

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Mistress Constancy (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 1)

G. Lawrence

4.25

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Sandra Byrd

4.18

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