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Carolly Erickson

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January 01, 1943

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Historical Fiction, History, Biographies & Memoirs

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Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette, The First Elizabeth, Great Catherine, Alexandra and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Hawaii.

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Carolly Erickson’s books

Average rating: 3.76 · 48,849 ratings · 3,641 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Last Wife of Henry VIII 3.89 avg rating — 11,743 ratings — published 1980 — 32 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 Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette 3.65 avg rating — 7,270 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	Bloody Mary: The Life of Mary Tudor 4.03 avg rating — 4,230 ratings — published 1978 — 39 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 Tsarina's Daughter 3.39 avg rating — 2,635 ratings — published 2008 — 32 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
	Rival to the Queen 3.71 avg rating — 2,278 ratings — published 2010 — 13 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 First Elizabeth 3.99 avg rating — 1,969 ratings — published 1983 — 42 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
	Alexandra: The Last Tsarina 3.94 avg rating — 1,794 ratings — published 2000 — 29 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 Favored Queen 3.49 avg rating — 1,954 ratings — published 2011 — 17 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 Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise 3.54 avg rating — 1,910 ratings — published 2007 — 30 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 Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots 3.36 avg rating — 1,959 ratings — published 2009 — 20 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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Series by Carolly Erickson

Wives of King Henry VIII (4 books)
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Carolly Erickson

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Quotes by Carolly Erickson (?)

“I have never treasured any woman the way I treasure you now, this moment. You are all I think of, all I want.”
― Carolly Erickson, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

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“It's a wonder, given your prowess with these delicious women, that there aren't dozens of little Bonapartes running around. Tell me, how do you account for that?”
― Carolly Erickson, The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise

tags: carolly-erickson, good-one, josephine-bonaparte

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“Could it be that the great Bonaparte is incapable of fathering a child? that it is not I who am at fault but you?”
― Carolly Erickson, The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise

tags: carolly-erickson, good-one, josephine-bonaparte

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Polls

What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to have as our Group Read in May 2017?

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

12 votes, 16.2%

Blood Sisters: The Women Behind The War Of The Roses by Sarah Gristwood

9 votes, 12.2%

The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser

9 votes, 12.2%

The Unfaithful Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Fifth Wife by Carolly Erickson

8 votes, 10.8%

Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by Alison Weir

7 votes, 9.5%

Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn

6 votes, 8.1%

Prophecy by S.J. Parris

5 votes, 6.8%

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen by Anna Whitelock

4 votes, 5.4%

The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson

4 votes, 5.4%

Graven with diamonds: the many lives of Thomas Wyatt : courtier, poet, assassin, spy by Nicola Shulman

3 votes, 4.1%

The Pleasure Palace by Kate Emerson

2 votes, 2.7%

The Queen's Rival by Diane Haeger

2 votes, 2.7%

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

1 vote, 1.4%

The Colours of Our Petals by Aled Davies

1 vote, 1.4%

John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey's Father-in-Law by Christine Hartweg

1 vote, 1.4%

74 total votes

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