12 best-selling tudor period books like The Queen's Spymaster: Sir Francis Walsingham (Tudor Court Book 3) by Laura Dowers

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The Queen's Spymaster: Sir Francis Walsingham (Tudor Court Book 3)

By: Laura Dowers

4.13

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Elizabeth rose from her stool and stood, swaying for a moment, glaring at me. Then I saw her arm ri…

If you liked the tudor period plot in The Queen's Spymaster: Sir Francis Walsingham (Tudor Court Book 3) by Laura Dowers , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Murder Most Holy (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #3)

By: Paul Doherty , Paul Harding

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

It is the early summer of 1379 and Sir John Cranston—Coroner of the city of London—has trapped hims… read more

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  • historical fiction
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2. Jane the Quene (The Seymour Saga #1)

By: Janet Ambrosi Wertman

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

All Jane Seymour wants is a husband; but when she catches the eye of a volatile king, she is pulled… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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3. The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.91

Format: 518 pages, Hardcover

Three Women Who Share One Fate: The Boleyn Inheritance Anne of Cleves She runs from her tiny c… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
"A woman cannot prove her innocence when a man bears witness against her."

-Philippa Gregory, The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)

"He is a young man with a future of power and opportunity and we are young women destined to be either wives and mothers at the very best, or spinster parasites at the worst."

-Philippa Gregory, The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)

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4. Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens, #2)

By: Alison Weir

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsessionby bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon:… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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5. The Beaufort Woman (Beaufort Chronicles #2)

By: Judith Arnopp

2.62

Format: 224 pages,

Margaret Beaufort's story continues in The Beaufort Woman As the struggle between York and Lancaste… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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6. Mary of Carisbrooke: The Girl Who Would Not Betray Her King

By: Margaret Campbell Barnes

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

This powerful retelling brilliantly recreates the tragic story of Charles I, the last absolute mona… read more

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  • historical fiction
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7. The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Cousins' War #4)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this New York Times bestseller that inspired the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White… read more

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  • historical fiction

8. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)

By: S.J. Parris

3.55

Format: 288 pages,

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more

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9. Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.00

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors a… read more

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10. The King's Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Hardcover

The final novel in the Cousins' War series, the basis for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries… read more

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11. The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.99

Format: 112 pages,

From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queen's Fool comes a stunning portrait of the firs… read more

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12. Son of York

By: Amy Licence

3.68

Format: 189 pages,

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13. 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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14. Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)

By: C.J. Sansom

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong. Meanwhile Ma… read more

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15. 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
  • historical fiction
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16. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

By: Charles Spencer

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more

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17. The Corfe Castle Murders (Dorset Crime #1)

By: Rachel McLean

4.15

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

***KINDLE STORYTELLER AWARD WINNER 2021***Meet DCI Lesley Clarke. She’s a straight-talking city cop… read more

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18. The Queen In Waiting (The Tudor Saga #5)

By: David Field

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

The Elizabethan Era is on the horizon! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir … read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. 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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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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20. 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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  • historical fiction
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21. Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

By: Andrew Morton

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, th… read more

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22. The Lady Carey (Royal Court Series, #1)

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.13

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

“The King will decide what is treason...” These are words Catherine Carey has heard before, and th… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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23. The Railway Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #8)

By: J.R. Ellis

4.25

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A puzzling locked-room mystery that puts someone Oldroyd loves in terrible danger… When a film s… read more

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24. 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
  • historical fiction
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25. The Lady's Ambition

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.10

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Passion had always ruled her. Margaret Douglas, daughter of a Queen, niece of King Henry VIII neve… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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26. The Rose in Spring (The Wars of the Roses Quartet Book 1)

By: Eleanor Fairburn

4.22

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Yorkshire, England, 1425Cecily Neville, dubbed the ‘Rose of Raby’, is ten years old when she is bet… read more

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  • historical fiction
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27. The York King

By: Amy Licence

4.36

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

1464. Family conflicts, Lancaster against York, the fight for the English throne continues. Duri… read more

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  • historical fiction
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28. The King's Mother: Book Three of The Beaufort Chronicle (The Beaufort Chronicles 3)

By: Judith Arnopp

4.39

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

'Arnopp is one of those writers who can make history come alive.'  October 1485 Richard III is d… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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29. The Beaufort Bride: The Life of Margaret Beaufort, Mother of the Tudor Dynasty (The Beaufort Chronicles)

By: Judith Arnopp

4.08

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

As King Henry VI slips into insanity and the realm of England teeters on the brink of civil war, a … read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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30. The Queen's Spymaster: Sir Francis Walsingham (Tudor Court Book 3)

By: Laura Dowers

4.13

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Elizabeth rose from her stool and stood, swaying for a moment, glaring at me. Then I saw her arm ri… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical fiction
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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

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L.J. Ross

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