17 must-read british literature books like Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy

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Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst…

If you liked the british literature plot in Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile

By: Julia Fox

3.80

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period

2. Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII

By: Gareth Russell

4.12

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

Written with an exciting combination of narrative flair and historical authority, this interpretati… read more

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3. Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford

By: Julia Fox

3.72

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

In a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner c… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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4. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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5. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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7. 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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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • british literature
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8. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

By: Philippa Langley

3.67

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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9. Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the Crown

By: Nicola Tallis

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive biography of the young Elizabeth I in over twenty years—drawing on a rich vari… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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10. Blood, Fire and Gold

By: Estelle Paranque

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biogr… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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11. 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
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  • tudor period
  • audiobook
"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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12. The Tower

By: Flora Carr

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
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13. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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14. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I

By: Kelcey Wilson-Lee

4.13

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff

16. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance

By: Ramie Targoff

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shak… read more

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  • history
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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Bone Chests

By: Cat Jarman

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England

By: Joanne Paul

4.17

Format: 506 pages, Hardcover

Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving an… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
Cover of Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him by Tracy Borman

19. Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him

By: Tracy Borman

4.18

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. H… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
Cover of Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn by Estelle Paranque

20. Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn

By: Estelle Paranque

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking and beautifully written biography of Queen Anne Boleyn, the ill-fated second wife … read more

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  • history
  • biography
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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook

15 Top audiobook books like Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy

Transform Your Habits

Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford

Julia Fox

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard

4.11

Transform Your Habits

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

Gareth Russell

4.21

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18 Best history books like Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee

Transform Your Habits

Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe

Nancy Goldstone

4.00

Transform Your Habits

House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown

Nathen Amin

4.11

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The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

Ian Mortimer

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

4.16

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