Non-Fiction

This is a list of non-fiction books reviewed on this blog arranged A-Z alphabetically by author. To see the review of one of these books please click on it.

A

• Stephen Alford – The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
• Nathen Amin – Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick

B

• Andrew Beattie – Following in the Footsteps of the Princes in the Tower
• G.W. Bernard – Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions
• Tracy Borman – Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant
• Laura Brennan – Elizabeth I: The Making of a Queen
• Stephen Browning – On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes
• Conor Byrne – Katherine Howard: Henry VIII’s Slandered Queen

C

• Phil Carradice – Bloody Mary: Tudor Terror 1553-1558
• Phil Carradice – Following in the Footsteps of Henry Tudor
• Lissa Chapman – Anne Boleyn in London
• Kirsten Claiden-Yardley – The Man Behind the Tudors: Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
• Richard Charles Cobb – On the Trail of Jack the Ripper
• Linda Collins & Siobhan Clarke – Gloriana: Elizabeth I and the Art of Queenship
• John Cooper – The Queen’s Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I

D

• Terry Deary – The Peasants’ Revolting Crimes
• Terry Deary – The Peasants’ Revolting Lives
• Paul Dryburgh – Royal Seals: Images of Power and Majesty
• Jane Dunn – Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens

E

• Carolly Erickson – Mistress Anne

F

• Antonia Fraser – Mary Queen of Scots

G

• Philippa Gregory – The Women of the Cousins’ War: The Duchess, The Queen and The King’s Mother
• Natalie Grueninger – The Final Year of Anne Boleyn

H

• Susan Higginbotham – The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England’s Most Infamous Family
• Andy K. Hughes – The Pocket Guide to Royal Scandals

I

• Eric Ives – The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

J

• Greg Jenner – Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know
• John Jenkins – The King’s Chamberlain: William Sandys of the Vyne, Chamberlain to Henry VIII

K

• Paul Kendall – Henry VIII in 100 Objects: The Tyrant King Who Had Six Wives
• Paul Kendall – Queen Elizabeth I: Life and Legacy of the Virgin Queen

L

• Philippa Langley – The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III
• J.L. Laynesmith – The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503
• Matthew Lewis – Richard III: Fact and Fiction
• Amy Licence – Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville: A True Romance
• Amy Licence – Tudor Roses: From Margaret Beaufort to Elizabeth I
• Leanda de Lisle – Tudor: The Family Story
• David Loades – The Six Wives of Henry VIII
• David Loades – Thomas Cromwell: Servant to Henry VIII
• David Loades – The Tudors: History of a Dynasty
• Sian Lye – The Architecture Lover’s Guide to London

M

• Peter Marsden – 1545: Who Sank the Mary Rose?
• John Matusiak – A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects
• Mickey Mayhew – Imprisoning Mary Queen of Scots: The Men Who Kept the Stuart Queen
• Mickey Mayhew – House of Tudor: A Grisly History
• Carol McGrath – Sex and Sexuality in Tudor England
• Sarah Milne – The Book Lover’s Guide to London
• Michele Morrical – Usurpers: A New Look at Medieval Kings
• Jenni Murray – A History of Britain in 21 Women

R

• Jasper Ridley – A Brief History of the Tudor Age
• Hallie Rubenhold – The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
• Anthony Ruggiero – Mary Tudor: A Story of Triumph, Sorrow and Fire

S

• Lacey Baldwin Smith – Anne Boleyn: The Queen of Controversy
• Robert Stedall – Mary Queen of Scots’ Secretary: William Maitland, Politician, Reformer, and Conspirator

T

• Lynda Telford – Tudor Victims of the Reformation
• Dave Tonge – Tudor Folk Tales
• Giles Tremlett – Catherine of Aragon: Henry’s Spanish Queen

V

• Timothy Venning – An Alternative History of Britain: Tudors
• Phillipa Vincent-Connolly – Disability and the Tudors: All the King’s Fools

W

• Alison Weir – The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
• Alison Weir – Lancaster and York: The Wars of the Roses
• Kate Williams – Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots