I have had a re-organise of my bookshelves this week; there wasn’t enough room on my nonfiction shelves anymore as I have had quite a few books gifted to me from lovely publishers for review!
I organise my books chronologically as far as I can – how do you organise yours?
I start at the top move downwards, as follows:
- General monarchy, kings and queens
- Plantagenets
- Wars of the Roses general
- Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
- Princes in the Tower
- Richard III and Anne Neville
- Tudors general
- Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
- Henry VIII
- Six Wives
- Katherine of Aragon
- Anne Boleyn
- Jane Seymour
- Anne of Cleves
- Katherine Howard
- Katherine Parr
- Edward VI
- Lady Jane Grey and her sisters
- Mary I
- Elizabeth I
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Reformation
- Places, palaces, castles, houses, guidebooks
- General history
Obviously this list will expand as my interests and book collection expands, I’m hoping to add books on Jack the Ripper, Regency England, and the Holocaust. I have already read around this subjects, but many borrowed from the library rather than books I own.
I have a long list from publishers still to review so look out for reviews on these in the coming months!
- John Ashdown-Hill – ‘Elizabeth Widville: Lady Grey, Edward IV’s Chief Mistress and the ‘Pink Queen’ (Pen and Sword)
- John Matusiak – ‘Martyrs of Henry VIII: Repression, Defiance, and Sacrifice’ (The History Press)
- Matthew Lewis – ‘Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me’ (Amberley Publishing)
- Robert Stedall – ‘Elizabeth I’s Secret Lover: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester’ (Pen and Sword)
- Amy Licence – ‘1520: the Field of the Cloth of Gold’ (Amberley Publishing)
- Heather Darsie – ‘Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s Beloved Sister’ (Amberley Publishing)
- Nathen Amin – ‘Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick’ (Amberley Publishing)
- Linda Collins & Siobhan Clarke – ‘King and Collector: Henry VIII and the Art of Kingship’ (The History Press)
- Jan-Marie Knights – ‘The Tudor Socialite: A Social Calendar of Tudor Life’ (Amberley Publishing)
- Sarah Bryson – ‘La Reine Blanche: Mary Tudor, A Life in Letters’ (Amberley Publishing)
- John Jenkins – ‘The King’s Chamberlain: William Sandys of the Vyne, Chamberlain to Henry VIII’ (Amberley Publishing)
- Amy Licence – ‘Tudor Roses: From Margaret Beaufort to Elizabeth I’ (Amberley Publishing)
- Mickey Mayhew – ‘House of Tudor: A Grisly History’ (Pen and Sword)
- Stephen Browning – ‘On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes’ (Pen and Sword)
- Tony Morgan – ‘Power, Treason, and Plot in Tudor England: Margaret Clitherow: An Elizabethan Saint’
Thank you to Pen and Sword, Amberley Publishing, and The History Press for sending me complimentary copies of the above, and I promise I will try and get reviews of these up as soon as possible!
Tudor Blogger 
Hi Helene,
Great to read something from another history freak. I’m totally engrossed with it at the minute. Researching the War of the Roses (the family fued) and the Hundred Years War. I plan to write a book at a later stage when I’ve carried out the research for my topic.
I travel around looking at old Anglo Saxon churches and other medieval sites. I live near to St Albans so I’m alwaysin th Cathedral. I have reading cards for both the British Library and the National Archives which I visit from time to time.
I’d love to keep in touch regarding medieval history. As I think like me you must have a passion. I’m an avid book reader reading now for the second time Bosworth by Chris Skidmorewho is a fantastic author.
I have around 11’00 books and no where to put them but I don’t care lol. I have around 20 to 25 books on the middle ages from the Norman invasion up to about 1550.
I really would love to hear from you as I could learn a lot that I don’t know about perhaps I could pass some information on to you. I served with the Britush Army in the Foit Guards and slept in the Towerof London and Windsor Castle. I’ve stood at Traitors Gate at 03:00 in the morning with no one about thinking about the people who came in through that gate and never left.
I look forward to hearing form if you get the time. Best regards
Trevor
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