5 best-selling 16th century books like I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

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I, Elizabeth

By: Rosalind Miles

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

A spellbinding novel about Elizabeth I from the internationally bestselling author of the Guenevere…

If you liked the 16th century plot in I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. 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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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • 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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2. The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

By: Robin Maxwell

3.84

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

In this "energetic" (Kirkus Reviews) re-creation of Anne Boleyn's tragic life -- and death -- Robin… read more

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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 16th century
"Some promises are lies we never meant to tell."

-Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

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3. Mary Queen of Scots

By: Antonia Fraser

3.99

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic & controv… read more

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  • historical
  • 16th century
  • tudor period
  • british literature
"Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when he was alive."

-Antonia Fraser, Mary Queen of Scots

"It is often said that a secure childhood makes the best foundation for a happy life. In marked contrast to her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart enjoyed an exceptionally cosseted youth. It is left …"

-Antonia Fraser, Mary Queen of Scots

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4. Innocent Traitor

By: Alison Weir

3.97

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical expe… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 16th century
"I prefer to be left alone with my books."

-Alison Weir, Innocent Traitor

"There are too many Dudleys already in this world"

-Alison Weir, Innocent Traitor

"You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none"

-Alison Weir, Innocent Traitor

"My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags."

-Alison Weir, Innocent Traitor

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5. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

By: Robert K. Massie

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and … read more

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  • historical

6. Marie Antoinette: The Journey

By: Antonia Fraser

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Brilliantly written, a work of impeccable scholarship. An utterly riveting and intensely moving boo… read more

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  • historical
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7. Katherine of Aragón, The True Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #1)

By: Alison Weir

3.60

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir takes on what no fiction writer has done bef… read more

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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. 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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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. I, Elizabeth

By: Rosalind Miles

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

A spellbinding novel about Elizabeth I from the internationally bestselling author of the Guenevere… read more

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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 16th century
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10. 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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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. 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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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

12. 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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13. Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens

By: Jane Dunn

3.67

Format: None pages,

This is the first biography of the fateful relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots… read more

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14. The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn

By: Alison Weir

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in May 1536 was unpr… read more

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15. The Life of Elizabeth I

By: Alison Weir

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Eliza… read more

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16. 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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17. The Six Wives of Henry VIII

By: Alison Weir

4.50

Format: None pages,

'At last we have the truth about Henry VIII's wives. This book is as reliable and scholarly as it i… read more

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18. The Children of Henry VIII

By: Alison Weir

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine… read more

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19. Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles

By: Margaret George

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

She was a child crowned a queen; a sinner hailed as a saint; a lover denounced as a whore; a woman … read more

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20. The Lady Elizabeth

By: Alison Weir

4.47

Format: None pages,

Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting… read more

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21. Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait (Six Tudor Queens, #4)

By: Alison Weir

4.05

Format: 499 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII’s… read more

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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 16th century
"Never reveal your hand, Anna," he advised. "If my cap knew my mind, I would throw it into the fire." It was one of the most revealing things he had ever said to her."

-Alison Weir, Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait (Six Tudor Queens, #4)

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Philippa Gregory

3.91

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Robin Maxwell

3.84

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Innocent Traitor

Alison Weir

3.97

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Katherine of Aragón, The True Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #1)

Alison Weir

3.60

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Julia Fox

3.80

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The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

Eric Ives

4.20

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Robert K. Massie

3.33

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