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Tracy Borman

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Scothern, England, The United Kingdom

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Historical Fiction, History

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Tracy Borman, PhD, FRHistS, FSA is a historian and author from Scothern, United Kingdom. She is most widely known as the author of Elizabeth's Women.

Borman was born and brought up in the village of Scothern, England near Lincoln. She was educated at Scothern Primary School (now Ellison Boulters School), William Farr School, Welton, and Yarborough School, Lincoln. She taught history at the University of Hull, where she was awarded a Ph.D in 1997. Elizabeth's Women was serialized and became a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2009. Tracy Borman appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, also in September 2009 ...more

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	The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty 4.20 avg rating — 3,717 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The King's Witch 3.99 avg rating — 3,807 ratings — published 2018 — 15 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
	Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen 4.03 avg rating — 2,793 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant 4.20 avg rating — 2,660 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History 4.28 avg rating — 2,411 ratings — published 2023 — 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 of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I 3.91 avg rating — 1,720 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II 4.30 avg rating — 1,548 ratings — published 2021 — 15 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 Devil's Slave (Frances Gorges Trilogy #2) 4.19 avg rating — 1,334 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Fallen Angel (Frances Gorges Trilogy #3) 4.29 avg rating — 951 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Witches, a tale of Scandal, Sorcery and Seduction 3.54 avg rating — 1,075 ratings — published 2013 — 9 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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Frances Gorges Trilogy (3 books)
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“Just as Anne had hoped, this child would one day bring England to such glory and power that its name would echo down the centuries as one of the greatest monarchs who ever lived.”
― Tracy Borman, Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen

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“St Paul taught that the celibate cared for the things of the Lord while the married cared for the things of the world. This was endorsed (in theory at least) by the 500-year-old legacy of communal celibacy within the hundreds of monasteries that dominated the English countryside. At”
― Tracy Borman, The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty

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“A woman with a good education was compared to a madman with a sword: she would be a danger to herself and to others.”
― Tracy Borman, Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant

tags: education, women, women-s-rights

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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to have as our Group Read in September 2016?

Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York by Samantha Wilcoxson

13 votes, 26.0%

How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life by Ruth Goodman

7 votes, 14.0%

The Statesman And The Fanatic: Thomas Wolsey And Thomas More by Jasper Ridley

6 votes, 12.0%

The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson

5 votes, 10.0%

Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen by Tracy Borman

5 votes, 10.0%

The Pleasure Palace by Kate Emerson

4 votes, 8.0%

The Private Lives of the Tudors by Tracy Borman

3 votes, 6.0%

Jane the Quene by Janet Ambrosi Wertman

2 votes, 4.0%

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

2 votes, 4.0%

The Semper Sonnet by Seth Margolis

2 votes, 4.0%

The King's Daughter by Barbara Kyle

1 vote, 2.0%

50 total votes

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