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Chris Skidmore

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in Bristol, The United Kingdom

May 17, 1981

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Chris Skidmore was born in 1981. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a St Cyre's and Dixon Scholar and President of the Oxford University Historical Society. He graduated in 2002 with a double first and was awarded a Gibbs Prize. Chris conducted postgraduate research at Oxford, where he was a convenor of a graduate seminar on the Tudor nobility. He was an adviser and researcher to Bristol's bid for European Capital City of Culture 2008 and was research assistant to Robert Lacey for his Great Tales of English History series. Chris has also written for the Western Daily Press and People Magazine. Chris currently teaches Early Modern History part-time at Bristol University. He served as Conservativ ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 2,932 ratings · 331 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Edward VI: The Lost King of England 3.90 avg rating — 1,342 ratings — published 2007 — 18 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 Rise of the Tudors: The Family That Changed English History 3.93 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Death and the Virgin: Elizabeth, Dudley and the Mysterious Fate of Amy Robsart 3.60 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2010 — 21 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
	Richard III: Brother, Protector, King 3.72 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Kings and Queens: 1200 Years of English and British Monarchs by Iain Dale, Vernon Bogdanor (Introduction), Alex Burghart (Contributor) 4.28 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Richard III: England's Most Controversial King by Chris Skidmore, Steven Crossley (Narrator) 3.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors 2.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Mission Zero: The Independent Net Zero Review 3.50 avg rating — 2 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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	[Death and the Virgin] [By: Chris Skidmore] [January, 2011] by Chris Skidmore, 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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What books about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like for our Group Read in April 2019?

Sovereign by C.J. Sansom

12 votes, 15.6%

Prince Arthur: The Tudor King Who Never Was by Sean Cunningham

11 votes, 14.3%

Young Bess by Margaret Irwin

6 votes, 7.8%

1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscomb

6 votes, 7.8%

Uneasy Lies the Head by Jean Plaidy

6 votes, 7.8%

The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd

6 votes, 7.8%

Henry VIII by William Shakespeare

4 votes, 5.2%

Edward VI: The Lost King of England by Chris Skidmore

4 votes, 5.2%

With the Heart of a King: Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, and the Fight for a Nation's Soul and Crown by Benton Rain Patterson

3 votes, 3.9%

Mary Queen of Scots' Downfall: The Life and Murder of Henry, Lord Darnley by Robert Stedall

3 votes, 3.9%

This Marlowe by Michelle Butler Hallett

3 votes, 3.9%

MARY - Tudor Princess by Tony Riches

3 votes, 3.9%

The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer

3 votes, 3.9%

The White Rose Murders by Paul Doherty

3 votes, 3.9%

Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal by John Matusiak

2 votes, 2.6%

Graven With Diamonds: The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt. Courtier, Poet, Assassin, Spy by Nicola Shulman

2 votes, 2.6%

Richard Hooker Prophet of Anglicanism by Philip B. Secor

0 votes, 0.0%

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