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Anne Somerset

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January 21, 1955

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Anne Somerset (1955-) English art historian and author.

Somerset’s biography of England’s last Stuart monarch, entitled Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion was awarded the 2013 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography.

Until his death in 2011, Anne Somerset was married to the artist Matthew Carr. Lady Anne Somerset is the daughter of the 11th Duke of Beaufort.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 9,638 ratings · 440 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Elizabeth I 4.16 avg rating — 7,068 ratings — published 1991 — 12 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
	Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion 3.64 avg rating — 1,029 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV 3.69 avg rating — 781 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James l 3.71 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 1997 — 10 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
	Ladies In Waiting: From The Tudors To The Present Day 3.67 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1984 — 11 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
	What Might Have Been: Imaginary History From Twelve Leading Historians by Andrew Roberts (Editor), Conrad Black, Norman Stone 2.96 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2004 — 10 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
	Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers: Her Life, the Imperial Ideal, and the Politics and Turmoil That Shaped Her Extraordinary Reign 4.04 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Prime Minister to the Queen: Queen Victoria’s Political Life 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Women: Women in History by Lesley Blanch, Maria Bellonci, Joanna Richardson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	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
	ELIZABETH 1 by Anne Somerset, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“Sitting still all summer . . . was the height of my ambition.”
― Anne Somerset, Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion

tags: anne-somerset, indolent, lazy, queen-anne, relaxing, summer

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“Whatever changes there are in the world I hope you will never forsake me and I shall be happy.”
― Anne Somerset, Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion

tags: anne-somerset, changes, constant, love, loyal, queen-anne, stay-with-me, steadfast

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“I hope in the next world I shall be at ease, but in this I find I must not expect it long together.”
― Anne Somerset, Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion

tags: afterlife, anne-somerset, chronic-illness, illness, queen-anne, suffering

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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to read in July 2018?

Arbella: England's Lost Queen by Sarah Gristwood

18 votes, 23.4%

To Hold the Crown by Jean Plaidy

9 votes, 11.7%

Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower by Susan Higginbotham

8 votes, 10.4%

The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France by Maria Perry

7 votes, 9.1%

The Girl in the Glass Tower by Elizabeth Fremantle

7 votes, 9.1%

Anne Boleyn: Adultery, Heresy, Desire by Amy Licence

6 votes, 7.8%

A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess

5 votes, 6.5%

The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd

5 votes, 6.5%

Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset

4 votes, 5.2%

The Queen's Man by Rory Clements

3 votes, 3.9%

The Boleyn Bride by Brandy Purdy

2 votes, 2.6%

La Reine Blanche: Mary Tudor, a Life in Letters by Sarah Bryson

1 vote, 1.3%

The Virgin's Daughters: In the Court of Elizabeth I by Jeane Westin

1 vote, 1.3%

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

1 vote, 1.3%

77 total votes

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