Tudor novelists

[anneboleyn]

I was wondering if anyone could recommend any good authors of tudor fiction.
I have exhausted Phillappa Gregory and Jean Plaidy and I'm looking for something new.
I am also interested in the Plantagenets too.
Any suggestions welcome, thanks!

[paddywak]

Try Dorothy Dunnett, her books are set in in the 15-16c and I think they excellent. Her main writings are in two series, The Lymond Chronicles and the House of Niccolo, so if you decide to give her a try just check that you get them in the right order as nothing is worse the finding a book you're enjoying is from the middle of a series.

[shaneystar2]

If you like a mystery set around that time the books by C.J Sansom are good the Dr. Shardlake series ..There are three so far Dissolution ,Dark Fire and Sovereign .
Karen Harper is good too ..The Elizabeth !st series starting with The Poyson Garden.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/karen-harp er/

[jno]

you might like this, though it's not a romance in the usual sense of the word

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daughter-Time-Josephin e-Tey/dp/0099430967/ref=sr_1_1/203-3005948-400 2310?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173907938&sr=1-1

[LeMarchand]

Probably a bit hard to get hold of, but Mme LeMarchand rates Norah Lofts' historical stuff. Also take a look at the crime section if you fancy something a bit different - there are a number of "historical mystery" authors working in the period.

For something more "out there" try George R R Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" books. Though ostensibly fantasy, the plot has many historical parallels and if you like the whole "courtly intrigue" thing you may enjoy them.

[La Diva]

Best (fiction) book I�ve ever read about Tudor times was written by Margaret George and was called �The AUTObiography of King Henry VIII�. It tells his story from his side and its like reading his diary!

She also wrote one about Mary Queen of Scots, which was also excellent.

[LeMarchand]

Back at home and spoken to Mme LeMarchand, who's a reader of this sort of stuff:

Green Darkness - Anya Seton
We Speak No Treason (Plantagenet) - Rosemary Hawley Jarman

[LeMarchand]

She's on a roll now...

Edith Pargeter?
Sharon Penman (P)
Maureen Peters

[anneboleyn]

Wow thank you so much for all your suggestions, I'll be getting myself over to Waterstones :)