17 must-read historical books like Shadow of Persephone (The Story of Catherine Howard, #1) by G. Lawrence

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Shadow of Persephone (The Story of Catherine Howard, #1)

By: G. Lawrence

4.30

Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition

February 1542 A young woman awaits her execution in the Tower of London, sent to death on the order…

If you liked the historical plot in Shadow of Persephone (The Story of Catherine Howard, #1) by G. Lawrence , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Secret Bride (In The Court of Henry VIII, #1) by Diane Haeger

1. The Secret Bride (In The Court of Henry VIII, #1)

By: Diane Haeger

3.78

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Tudors comes a captivating drama about the only woman who could defy Henry VIII -an… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)

By: Hilary Mantel

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has fai… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula, #1)

By: Kim Newman

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian P… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Shopaholic to the Rescue (Shopaholic, #8) by Sophie Kinsella

4. Shopaholic to the Rescue (Shopaholic, #8)

By: Sophie Kinsella

4.22

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Becky Bloomwood and a hilarious cast of beloved family and friends (plus one enemy!) set off in a v… read more

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  • fiction

5. The Bedlam Stacks

By: Natasha Pulley

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

In 1859, ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall after susta… read more

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6. The Kiss of the Concubine: A story of Anne Boleyn

By: Judith Arnopp , Cas Peace

4.50

Format: None pages,

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7. The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers

By: Margaret George

4.50

Format: None pages,

This is the story of England's most famous, and notorious, king. Henry was a charismatic, ardent - … read more

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8. Fatal Throne

By: Candace Fleming

3.96

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Fatal Throne, a book about Henry VIII and his six wives, coordinated by Candace Fleming. Fleming an… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The enemy perhaps may challenge my sex for that I am a woman - so may I likewise challenge them, for they are but men."

-Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne

"But we glared into each other's eyes like men who have ruined each other already, and who only wait to make the full disaster known"

-Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne

"I am my head and my heart, all that I know, all that I love, everything I hope for. I am the blue waters of the Rhine, sparkling in the sun."

-Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne

"Oh, how I prefer the honest violence of men, who will bash in another man's skull and be done, to the thousand shallow cuts of women's malice."

-Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne

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9. Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots

By: Nancy Goldstone

4.07

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

De dochters van de Winterkoningin van Nancy Goldstone is een prachtig geschiedenisverhaal met een l… read more

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  • historical
"Philosophy is one of those subjects, like astrophysics and neurosurgery, that are not for the fainthearted. To delve into the absolutes of the human experience, to seek to advance the progress of enl…"

-Nancy Goldstone, Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots

Cover of The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) by Hilary Mantel

10. The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

By: Hilary Mantel

4.39

Format: 759 pages, Paperback

With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with … read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Everybody wants something, if only for the pain to stop."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"Those who think a heart cannot break have led blessed and sheltered lives."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"It was not by a serpent, but by paper and ink that evil came into the world."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"You can persuade the quick to think again, but you cannot remake your reputation with the dead."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

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11. Lady Psyche (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 2)

By: G. Lawrence

4.32

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1527Sent from court to manage her husband's northern estates, Jane Boleyn finds herself far… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. Seer of Apollo (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 3)

By: G. Lawrence

4.43

Format: 550 pages, Kindle Edition

Winter 1531, London.It is a time of great upheaval; a time when love, faith and loyalty will be tes… read more

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  • tudor period
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13. Mistress Constancy (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 1)

By: G. Lawrence

4.25

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady of the Tudor Court, servant of queens, courtier, wife, spy... and constant heart. This is the … read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
Cover of Captive of the King (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 4) by G. Lawrence

14. Captive of the King (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 4)

By: G. Lawrence

4.44

Format: 515 pages, Kindle Edition

July 1534Anne Boleyn is Queen, yet her position is fragile.At her side, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford … read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. My Lady Spy (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 5)

By: G. Lawrence

4.61

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Autumn, 1536The Boleyns have fallen, but one has survived. Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, has returned… read more

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Cover of To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn (Ladies in Waiting, #1) by Sandra Byrd

16. To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn (Ladies in Waiting, #1)

By: Sandra Byrd

3.99

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Could that which is worth dying for be exactly what makes life worth living? When Anne Boleyn ca… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Her head rolled but a little way from her body, and I could see her lips still moving in silent prayer for a few moments while the blood pumped outward from the body and from the head. I was stuck fi…"

-Sandra Byrd, To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn (Ladies in Waiting, #1)

Cover of The Housewife's Secret (Detective Dan Riley #7) by Anna-Lou Weatherley

17. The Housewife's Secret (Detective Dan Riley #7)

By: Anna-Lou Weatherley

3.92

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

I cast my eyes over the impressive meal I’ve cooked and the half-empty crystal wine glasses. As our… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Puppet King (Tudor Heirs Series Book 3) by Leah  Toole

18. The Puppet King (Tudor Heirs Series Book 3)

By: Leah Toole

4.11

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

“I had been born Henry VIII’s most precious jewel, the country’s future, and the Tudor dynasty’s sa… read more

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19. The Catherine Howard Conspiracy (The Marquess House Saga #1)

By: Alexandra Walsh

4.29

Format: 500 pages, Kindle Edition

A timeshift thriller that will have you completely gripped! Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Philippa… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Lady of the Tower (The Lydiard Chronicles, #1) by Elizabeth St. John

20. The Lady of the Tower (The Lydiard Chronicles, #1)

By: Elizabeth St. John

4.18

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate-cover edition for ASIN B01B8NL7FO can be found here London, 1609. When Lucy St.John,… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies

By: Hayley Nolan

3.76

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

A bold new analysis of one of history’s most misrepresented women. History has lied. Anne Boleyn … read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
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22. The Saddest Princess

By: Leah Toole

4.17

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

"As England's very first queen regnant, I must remember to keep my feminine emotions hidden from my… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Anne Boleyn (Uncovering the Tudors) by Marie Louise Bruce

23. Anne Boleyn (Uncovering the Tudors)

By: Marie Louise Bruce

4.12

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

An essential biography of Queen Anne Boleyn! Perfect for readers on Alison Weir, Eric Ives and John… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
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24. Daughter of the Sun: Story of the Young Eleanor of Aquitaine

By: G. Lawrence

4.38

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Countess, Duchess, twice a Queen, ruler of vast lands, crusader, mother and politician, this is the… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Worm and the Fledgling (The Phoenix Trilogy: Story of Jane Seymour, #2) by G. Lawrence

25. The Worm and the Fledgling (The Phoenix Trilogy: Story of Jane Seymour, #2)

By: G. Lawrence

4.32

Format: 604 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1529, London Jane Seymour has risen to become a lady in waiting to Queen Katherine, wife of Kin… read more

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26. Phoenix (The Phoenix Trilogy: Story of Jane Seymour, #3)

By: G. Lawrence

4.36

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn has fallen and Jane Seymour is about to become Queen, yet the King's new… read more

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Cover of Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York (Plantagenet Embers, #1) by Samantha Wilcoxson

27. Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York (Plantagenet Embers, #1)

By: Samantha Wilcoxson

4.06

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

She was the mother of Henry VIII and wife of Henry VII, but who was Elizabeth of York? Raised as th… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Tudor Dawn (The Tudor Saga, #1)

By: David Field

3.96

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

The rise of the Royal House of Tudor! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir a… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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29. Shadow of Persephone (The Story of Catherine Howard, #1)

By: G. Lawrence

4.30

Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition

February 1542 A young woman awaits her execution in the Tower of London, sent to death on the order… read more

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  • tudor period
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  • historical fiction
Cover of Nest of the Gyrfalcon: Book Two of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 6) by G. Lawrence

30. Nest of the Gyrfalcon: Book Two of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 6)

By: G. Lawrence

4.52

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Spring 1152.Once she was a Queen, and will become so again...Eleanor of Aquitaine has escaped her m… read more

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31. My Fair Lady: A Story of Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's Lost Queen

By: J.P. Reedman

4.09

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Eleanor of Provence, bright, beautiful, intelligent--married as a young girl to the much older Henr… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

13 Best fiction books like Shadow of Persephone (The Story of Catherine Howard, #1) by G. Lawrence

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Hilary Mantel

3.98

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Kim Newman

3.91

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Anne R. Bailey

4.13

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4.21

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Alison Weir

4.02

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