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Kelly's avatar

I recently read Sex and Sexuality in Tudor England by Carol McGrath and found it to be a very interesting social history.

Natalie Anne's avatar

Lovely recommendations!! I have always been fascinated by this part of history and have studied Tudor England at school.

My history teacher recommended us watching ‘The White Princess’, which is based on the novel by Philippa Gregory. I’m a romance girly so I really enjoy their love story between Elizabeth of York and Henry VII. It started off as an arranged marriage, but they soon to get fond of one another.

I also watched ‘The White Queen’ and I hope there is a book about Isabel and George Plantagenet, they have a tragic love story, which I quite enjoy.

Holly Fairall's avatar

Yes those series are so so good!! I’m rewatching the White Princess right now

Judy Jones's avatar

What an amazing list!! I did the Wolf Crawl last year and LOVED it. They’re books that stay with you, absolutely marvellous and they sent me down a huge Tudor Rabbit hole and I’ve been consumed all things Tudor ever since…. This reading list is going to help me dig even further, thank you!!

Holly Fairall's avatar

I’m so thrilled it’s helpful! Yes I’m so enjoying the Wolf Crawl this year myself!

The Currently Reading Podcast's avatar

This is such a GREAT resource!

Natalia L.'s avatar

This was my favorite genre in high school! Along with Philippa Gregory, I would also recommend Sharon Kay Penman’s books. Interestingly, I couldn’t get into Wolf Hall - I finished the first one, but had no desire to keep reading. It was such a thrill in college to visit The Tower of London!

Kerry Sutherland's avatar

oh wow - just saving this to add everything to my TBR list. I've read some (I adore Gregory and Weir, and Wolf Hall!) but definitely digging into the rest. Thank you.

Kim O's avatar

This is EXACTLY what I need! Reading the Wolf Hall trilogy with Footnotes & Tangents and I am a Tutor rookie...but now I am totally sucked into all of it!

Holly Fairall's avatar

Def great stuff in here for you then. Maybe not always as literary as Wolf Hall 😂

Kim O's avatar

That's is okay. In hindsight, I wish I had a "gentler" introduction to the Tutor era...Wolf Hall does have my brain spinning at times... 🤯

Sherri's avatar

This is wonderful timing! I just read the ARC of The Beheading Game and my big takeaway was that I would've enjoyed it much more had I known even a little bit of Tudor history.

Holly Fairall's avatar

I’m SO excited to read that one!!

Sherrie's avatar

Be still my heart, one of my most favorite subjects and time periods to read about. In a reading slump? I read about some kind of courtly intrigue. Such a great post, Holly! ❤️

Holly Fairall's avatar

Yayyy I’m so glad you love it!! It was so fun to put together that I’m kind of sad it was time to finally send it out. 😂

Sherrie's avatar

I bet it was a blast to put together. And I am 100% interested in any read-along you might do!

Erin Barnott's avatar

This is excellent! I am also doing Wolf Crawl and it is my first time learning anything about the Tudors. I definitely will want to read more.

Holly Fairall's avatar

Oh that’s such a fun entry into the time period! Definitely all kinds of different approaches on this list.

Amy Collard's avatar

This is a great collection and all broken down so helpfully! I loved reading the Wolf Hall trilogy around the time they were originally released - I remember I had read Philippa Gregory once or twice before that and when I read Mantel I was like oh we are on a whole different writing level here!! Mantel was so great! I would love to re-read those sometime but probably should tackle the rest of her works first.