Learn more about Mary I and the Tudor era with our pick of key resources
BOOKS SELECTED BY DR NICOLA TALLIS
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
By Dr Nicola Tallis (Michael O’Mara, 2016)
In this dramatic retelling of an often misread tale, historian and researcher Dr Nicola Tallis explores a range of evidence to sweep away the many myths and reveal the moving, human story of a courageous young woman.
Mary Tudor: The First Queen
By Dr Linda Porter (Portrait, 2007)
Instead of the bloodthirsty bigot of Protestant mythology, Dr Linda Porter portrays Mary as a cultured Renaissance princess and a courageous survivor of the violent struggles that characterised the reigns of her father and brother.
Mary Tudor: England’s First Queen
By Prof Anna Whitelock (Bloomsbury, 2009)
In this illuminating biography of the Tudor queen, Professor Anna Whitelock tells the remarkable story of a woman who was treated as a much-feted princess one minute and a disinherited ‘bastard’ the next.
Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII, 1547–1558
By Alison Weir (Vintage, 2008)
Making use of a variety of contemporary sources, Weir brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods of English history, when the realm was seething with intrigue and turbulent change.
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◀ The Hidden Henry VIII: Henry the Father bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nhbsm Historians Prof Susan Doran and Dr Lucy Wooding consider what it would have been like to have had Henry VIII as your father.
◀ The Reformation: A World Divided bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csv0s0 In this episode of The Forum from 2017, historians discuss the permanent splintering of Western Christianity that changed the political and social landscape in a way that still resonates today.
◀ In Our Time: Foxe’s Book of Martyrs bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vy2dd Melvyn B
