Books like Mistress Anne by Carolly Erickson

A historical narrative from the perspectives of Jane Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard, revealing the intrigues and personal struggles of Henry VIII’s fourth and fifth queens.

A concise historical exploration of Mary Boleyn, the lesser-known sister of Anne, set within the Tudor court of 1508–1543.

Alison Weir investigates Anne Boleyn’s rise and fall, using Tudor sources to explore her arrest, imprisonment in the Tower, and the politics that led to her death.

Eleanor of Aquitaine—France’s Louis VII’s first wife and England’s Henry II’s second—shaped 12th‑century politics as queen, regent, and mother to Kings Richard and John.

A young woman at the heart of Tudor England faces a choice between love and shaping history.

Now, in her second novel, Alison Weir goes to the heart of Tudor England at its most dangerous and faction-riven in telling the story of Elizabeth I before she became Queen. The towering capricious figure of Henry VIII dominates her childhood, but others play powerful roles: Mary, first a loving sister, then as Queen a lethal threat; Edward, the rigid and sad little King; Thomas Seymour, the Lord High Admiral, whose ambitions, both political and sexual, are unbridled. And, an ever-present ghost, the enigmatic, seductive figure of her mother Anne Boleyn, executed by Henry, whose story Elizabeth must unravel." "Elizabeth learns early that the adult world contains many threats that have to be negotiated if she is to keep her heart and her head."--BOOK JACKET.

Lady Anne Egremont and Major Gareth Ripton‑Jones seek to clean up scandalous reputations after a housekeeper advertisement in a London tabloid brings them together.

Anne Boleyn uses her charm to secure her family’s position at the Tudor court, entering a secret betrothal with Henry Percy while the king’s commanding presence threatens her ambitions.

The definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth revealing the real woman behind the public figure.

Norah Lofts’ biography of Anne Boleyn explores the life of Henry VIII’s second queen, detailing her rise, marriage, and dramatic fall amid Tudor politics and court intrigue.

A fresh, nonfiction look at Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, revealing their powerful partnership and the complexities of their nineteenth‑century marriage.

A factual account of the thirteen pioneering women who secretly tested for NASA in 1961, faced rejection, yet went on to leave lasting legacies in aviation and gender equality.

No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. His marriages were daring and tumultuous, and made instant legends of six very different women. In this remarkable study, David Starkey argues that the king was not a depraved philanderer but someone seeking happiness -- and a son. Knowingly or not, he elevated a group of women to extraordinary heights and changed the way a nation was governed.Six Wives is a masterful work of history that intimately examines the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy, and religion that were part of daily life for women at the Tudor Court. Weaving new facts and fresh interpretations into a spellbinding account of the emotional drama surrounding Henry's six marriages, David Starkey reveals the central role that the queens played in determining policy. With an equally keen eye for romantic and political intrigue, he brilliantly recaptures the story of Henry's wives and the England they ruled.

A rare, exotic portrait of the matriarchs of a brilliant Indian familyRanging from the final days of the Raj and the British Empire to the present, Lucy Moore vividly re-creates a splendid lost world and describes India's national growing pains through the sumptuous, audacious lives of four ravishing, influential women of the same family—Sunity Devi, friend to Queen Victoria; Chimnabai, fierce nationalist; Indira, her flamboyant daughter; and Ayesha, her equally fashionable daughter—who fought tirelessly and with incomparable grace to turn an ancient tradition of noblesse oblige into a progressive democracy. BACKCOVER: "Scintillating. Moore revels in every detail—from the elegance of the maharanis' attire, to the complexities of Indian family life and politics, to the trauma and heroism of breaking with tradition."—Booklist (starred review)"A fascinating picture of a vanished world."—Sarah Bradford, author of Lucrezia Borgia

A scholarly biography that reexamines Anne Boleyn’s life, legacy, patronage of the arts, spirituality, and intellectual engagement during the Tudor era.

Roxelana, a Ruthenian Christian girl who became a captured slave, rose to the unique position of Ottoman queen, wielding diplomatic and administrative influence during Suleiman I’s reign.