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Judith Arnopp

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Historical Fiction, Biography, History

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.A lifelong history enthusiast and avid reader, Judith holds a BA in English/Creative writing and an MA in Medieval Studies.
She lives on the coast of West Wales where she writes both fiction and non-fiction based in the Medieval and Tudor period. Her main focus is on the perspective of historical women but she is currently writing a novel from a male perspective, that of Henry VIII himself.
Her novels include:
A Matter of Conscience: Henry VIII, the Aragon Years
A Matter of Faith: Henry VIII, the Days of the Phoenix
The Heretic Wind: the life of Mary Tudor, Queen of England
Sisters of Arden: on the Pilgrimage of Grace
The Beaufort Bride: Book one of The Beaufort Chronicle
The Beaufort Woman: Book two of The Beaufort Chronicle
The King’s Mother: Bo ...more

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	The Kiss of the Concubine: A story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII 4.17 avg rating — 1,216 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beaufort Bride: The Life of Margaret Beaufort, Mother of the Tudor Dynasty 4.11 avg rating — 1,161 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beaufort Woman (Beaufort Chronicles #2) 4.36 avg rating — 900 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winchester Goose: at the Court of Henry VIII 4.13 avg rating — 789 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King's Mother: Book Three of The Beaufort Chronicle (The Beaufort Chronicles 3) 4.41 avg rating — 727 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck 4.19 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heretic Wind: The Life of Mary Tudor, Queen of England 4.23 avg rating — 592 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Matter of Conscience: the Aragon Years 4.29 avg rating — 418 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intractable Heart: The Story of Katheryn Parr and Henry VIII 4.12 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peaceweaver 4.19 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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QUEEN ANNA

Book One of the Stuart Queens Series

A crown won in the eye of a storm.

A queen who refuses to be broken...

Princess Anna of Denmark sails for Scotland to marry King James VI, but storms ravage her fleet, igniting a deadly obsession with witchcraft in her new home. Arriving in a strange and paranoid court, Anna finds her new husband’s bed is a treacherous place.

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“How things change,’ I say, ‘how strange that, even when all is lost, we can still find beauty in simple things.”
― Judith Arnopp, Peaceweaver

tags: beauty, change, historical-fiction, inspirational, loss, nature

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“They were happy times, although we did not know it then. We never know happiness until it is gone.”
― Judith Arnopp, The Kiss of the Concubine: A story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII

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“Tyrants aren't born, they evolve, just as saints do, their characters slowly shaped over time, just as ours are.”
― Judith Arnopp, The Kiss of the Concubine: A story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII

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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like for our Group Read in June 2020?

The Forgotten Tudor Women: Margaret Douglas, Mary Howard & Mary Shelton by Sylvia Barbara Soberton

18 votes, 27.3%

Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy

18 votes, 27.3%

To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Sandra Byrd

9 votes, 13.6%

A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck by Judith Arnopp

8 votes, 12.1%

The Spanish Bride by Laurien Gardner

6 votes, 9.1%

The Confident Hope of a Miracle: The True Story of the Spanish Armada by Neil Hanson

5 votes, 7.6%

The Kiss of the Concubine: A story of Anne Boleyn by Judith Arnopp

2 votes, 3.0%

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