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Mary M. Luke


Born
Pittsfield, MA, The United States
Died
November 24, 1993

Genre
Historical Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction

Influences
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Mary Luke was a biographer who wrote about Tudor and Elizabethan figures. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Mrs. Luke, whose original name was Mary Munger, graduated from Berkshire Business School and worked in advertising in New York, and later for a documentary film company and RKO Studios in Hollywood.

Mrs. Luke wrote "Catherine, the Queen" (1967), a portrait of Henry VIII's hapless first wife, Catherine of Aragon. "A Crown for Elizabeth" (1970) limned the turbulent years between 1527, when Henry maneuvered for a divorce from Catherine for lack of a male heir, and 1558, when Elizabeth I ascended to the throne.

In a review of "A Crown for Elizabeth" for The New York Times, Lady Antonia Fraser wrote, "To the sympathetic retelling of histo ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 670 ratings · 85 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors
The Nonsuch Lure
4.14 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions
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The Nine Days Queen: A Port...
3.95 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions
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A Crown for Elizabeth
4.22 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions
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The Ivy Crown
4.26 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
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Gloriana: The Years of Eliz...
4.14 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions
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Catherine, the Queen
4.18 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1967 — 10 editions
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