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  • Living Like a Tudor

    Woodsmoke and Sage: A Sensory Journey Through Tudor England

    by Amy Licence ...
    Take a 500-year journey back in time and experience the Tudor Era through the five senses.Much has been written about the lives of the Tudors, but it is sometimes difficult to really grasp how they experienced the world. Using the five senses, Amy Licence presents a new perspective on the material culture of the past, exploring the Tudors’ relationship with the fabric of their existence, from the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Sixteenth Century in 100 Women

    by Amy Licence ...
    "Mini-biographies of women from every walk of life and every corner of the globe . . . an informative, refreshing, and unique approach to the 16th century." — Adventures of a Tudor NerdThis retelling of the sixteenth century introduces the reader to a gallery of amazing women from queens to commoners, who navigated the patriarchal world in memorable and life-changing ways all around the world. Amy ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry VIII's Controversial Aunt, Honor Lisle

    Her Life, Letters and influence on The Tudor Court

    by Amy Licence ...
    The first complete biography of Honor, presenting the story of a significant Tudor woman against the backdrop of immense political change.The life of Honor, Lady Lisle, follows a dizzying narrative arc. Born into a West Country family, her second marriage propelled her into Anne Boleyn's court, as the new step-aunt to Henry VIII.Her husband, Arthur, was the illegitimate son of Edward IV, bearing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry VI & Margaret of Anjou

    A Marriage of Unequals

    by Amy Licence ...
    "An illuminating and entertaining read . . . an analytical assessment of the two figures who led the Lancastrian faction during the Wars of the Roses." — History . . . The Interesting Bits!He became king before his first birthday, inheriting a vast empire from his military hero father; she was the daughter of a king without power, who made an unexpected marriage at the age of fifteen. Almost ... Read more

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  • Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville

    A True Romance

    by Amy Licence ...
    When the tall, athletic Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted. With his dazzling good looks and royal lineage, the nineteen-year-old quickly got a reputation for womanising, and few were able to resist his charm and promises. For three years he had a succession of mistresses, while foreign princesses were lined up to be considered for his queen. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII

    The Women’s Stories

    by Amy Licence ...
    For a King renowned for his love life, Henry VIII has traditionally been depicted as something of a prude, but the story may have been different for the women who shared his bed. How did they take the leap from courtier to lover – perhaps even to wife? What was Henry really like as a lover? Henry’s women were uniquely placed to experience the tension between his chivalric ideals and the lusts of ... Read more

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  • Royal Babies

    A History 1066-2013

    by Amy Licence ...
    Babies are born every day, but only once or twice in a lifetime, a child arrives who will inherit the throne. This summer, the nation watched as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, delivered our future king. There have been predictions, expectations and a flurry of media attention around the new parents but apart from the flashing cameras and internet headlines, this is nothing new. Royal babies have ... Read more

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  • Living in Squares, Loving in Triangles

    The Lives and Loves of Viginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group

    by Amy Licence ...
    Sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf have long been celebrated for their central roles in the development of modernism in art and literature. Vanessa’s experimental work places her at the vanguard of early twentieth-century art, as does her role in helping introduce many key names – Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso – to an unsuspecting public in 1910. Virginia took these artistic innovations and ... Read more

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  • Catherine of Aragon

    An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife

    by Amy Licence ...
    Catherine of Aragon continues to fascinate readers 500 years after she became Henry VIII's first queen. Her life was one of passion and determination, of suffering and hope, but ultimately it is a tragic love story, as circumstances conspired against her. Having lost her first husband, Henry's elder brother Prince Arthur, she endured years of ill health and penury, to make a dazzling second match ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Elizabeth of York

    The Forgotten Tudor Queen

    by Amy Licence ...
    As Tudors go, Elizabeth of York is relatively unknown. Yet she was the mother of the dynasty, with her children becoming King of England (Henry VIII) and Queens of Scotland (Margaret) and France (Mary Rose) and her direct descendants included three Tudor monarchs, two executed queens and, ultimately, the Stuart royal family. Although her offspring took England into the early modern era, Elizabeth ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Anne Neville

    Richard III's Tragic Queen

    by Amy Licence ...
    Shakespeare's enduring image of Richard III's queen is one of bitterness and sorrow. Anne curses the killer of her husband and father, before succumbing to his marriage proposal, bringing to herself a terrible legacy of grief and suffering an untimely death. Was Anne a passive victim? Did she really jump into bed with the enemy? Myths aside, who was the real Anne? As the Kingmaker's daughter, she ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Cecily Neville

    Mother of Kings

    by Amy Licence ...
    Known to be proud, regal and beautiful, Cecily Neville was born in the year of the great English victory at Agincourt and survived long enough to witness the arrival of the future Henry VIII, her great-grandson. Her life spanned most of the fifteenth century. Cecily’s marriage to Richard, Duke of York, was successful, even happy, and she travelled with him wherever his career dictated, bearing his ... Read more

    $8.99 USD