Bibliophiles unite! As Historical Book Club prepares to vote on which books we will be reading in 2024, I covered the 15 books on the long list.
Join me to find your next history read!
The Books
Elfrida. The First Crowned Queen of England - Elizabeth Norton
The Red Prince. The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster - Helen Carr
Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England - Thomas Penn
Royal Renegades. The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars - Linda Porter
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England - Marc Morris
Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch - Nicola Tallis
The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown - Anna Keay
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power behind Five English Thrones - Thomas Ashbridge
Tudor: The Family Story - Leanda de Lisle
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court - Simon Thurley
The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England - Janina Ramirez
Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I - Tracy Borman
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court - Gareth Russell
PAX: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age - Tom Holland
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe - John Guy and Julia Fox
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