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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 — 1,206 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 — 1,144 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 — 884 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 4.12 avg rating — 783 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) 4.42 avg rating — 715 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 — 612 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 — 586 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 — 414 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 — 232 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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Yarde Book Promotions presents: Susan Appleyard - Escape of the Grand Duchess

Escape of the Grand Duchess

By Susan Appleyard

Publication Date: 27th July 2025

Publisher: Ingenium Books Publishing Inc.

Page Length: 412

Genre: Biographical Historical Fiction

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Escape of the Grand Duchess by Susan Appleyard is a gripping historical novel that shatters the notion that royalty is synonymous with privilege and ease. At its heart is Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

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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 would you like to read for our December 2015 Group Read?

Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle

21 votes, 29.6%

Jasper Tudor, Godfather of the Tudor Dynasty by Debra Bayani

12 votes, 16.9%

I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

11 votes, 15.5%

The Favored Queen by Carolly Erickson

9 votes, 12.7%

A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess

6 votes, 8.5%

Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom

5 votes, 7.0%

Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Margaret Campbell Barnes

4 votes, 5.6%

The Heretic by Henry Vyner-Brooks

3 votes, 4.2%

Intractable Heart: A story of Katheryn Parr by Judith Arnopp

0 votes, 0.0%

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