I’ve just spent a wonderful weekend cuddled up with my cats and dogs, under a blanket with my trusty Kindle, reading Robert Parry’s “The Arrow Chest”. I enjoyed it so much that I have made it The Anne Boleyn Files Book of the Month and I have written a glowing review of it over at our Tudor Book Reviews site – see The Arrow Chest by Robert Parry. I’ve also added it to our Anne Boleyn Fiction Page.
Over on our Anne Boleyn Files Facebook page, I asked people what Tudor history themed books they had enjoyed reading in 2010 and here is what they came up with. I’ve added links if I have reviewed them:-
Fiction
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
- His Last Letter by Jeane Westin
- The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
- Threads by Nell Gavin
- The Lady Penelope by Sally Varlow
- Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
- The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
- Virgin and the Crab by Robert Parry
- Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy
- The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
- The Lady and the Poet by Maeve Haran
- The Virgin’s Lover by Philippa Gregory
Non-Fiction
- 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscomb
- The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir
- The Sisters Who Would Be Queen by Leanda de Lisle
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
- Royal Heritage by J.H.Plumb and Huw Whelden
- Elizabeth’s London by Liza Picard
- The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black History of the Dudleys and the Tudor Throne by Derek Wilson
- Virtuous Prince by David Starkey
- The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives
What books did you enjoy reading in 2010 and what are you looking forward to reading this year?
