Books like Sylvia by Philip Eade

The Bell Jar is the sole novel by Sylvia Plath, a psychologically intense and autobiographical look at a young woman’s decline into mental illness.

Stacy Schiff’s biography of Cleopatra unpacks the history behind the legendary queen of Egypt, separating myth from fact through a careful study of ancient sources.

Elizabeth and Mary is a dual biography of England’s Elizabeth I and Scotland’s Mary, Queen of Scots, exploring their rivalry, political strategies, and personal dynamics as sisters‑in‑law and rivals for the English throne.

The drama of Elizabeth I's tumultuous romance with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, as depicted in Giles Lytton Strachey’s historical novel, chronicling the court intrigue and love triangle of the Tudor era. An exploration of Elizabeth’s twilight years and the dramatic consequences of her forbidden love for the powerful and handsome Essex, this historical novel captures the essence of Elizabethan court and the complex dynamics of power, love, and politics. The book delves into Elizabeth's personal journey and the political machinations that shaped her final years, offering a fascinating glimpse into the tumultuous period of Elizabethan England.

A concise biography of Sylvia Plath authored by Linda Wagner‑Martin, detailing the life of the influential 20th‑century American poet.

The unearthing of lively, telling anecdotes is the special province of Christopher Hibbert, who delights in forcing readers, in the most entertaining way, to reassess all their notions about some of the world's most intriguing historical figures. His biography of Victoria is no exception. We learn in these pages that not only was she the formidable, demanding, capricious Queen of popular imagination, but she was also often shy and vulnerable, prone to giggling fits and crying jags. Often puritanical and censorious when confronted with her mother's moral lapses, she herself could be passionately sensual, emotional, and deeply sentimental. Her 64-year reign saw thrones fall, empires crumble, new continents explored, and England's rise to global and industrial dominance. Hibbert's account of Victoria's life and times is just as sweeping as he reveals to us the real Victoria in all her complexity: failed mother and imperious monarch, irrepressible woman and icon of a repressive age.--From publisher description.

A captivating biography of Queen Victoria, exploring her reign and the social changes she experienced as head of the British Empire.

A detailed portrait of Queen Elizabeth I that explores her complex personality and the Tudor era in which she ruled.

Maureen Waller’s historical biography examines the political struggle between King James II, his Protestant daughters Mary and Anne, and the 1688 Revolution that brought William of Orange to power.

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.