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Linda Porter

Born

Exeter, Devon, England

Website

http://www.lindaporter.net/

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction

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Linda Porter was born in Exeter, Devon in 1947. Her family have long-standing connections to the West Country, but moved to the London area when she was a small child. She was educated at Walthamstow Hall School in Sevenoaks and at the University of York, from which she has a doctorate in History. On completing her postgraduate work she moved to New York, where she lived for almost a decade, lecturing at Fordham University and the City University of New York.

Since returning to England, Porter has had a varied career. She has worked as a journalist and been a senior adviser on international public relations to a major ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 6,182 ratings · 339 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" 4.04 avg rating — 3,426 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr 4.03 avg rating — 1,624 ratings — published 2010 — 22 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 of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots 4.11 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II 3.84 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Thistle and The Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor 4.15 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars 3.79 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Under the Hood 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 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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	SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS of Steve Lopez's Book Independence Day: What I Learned About Retirement From Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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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“The barbarity, duplicity and sheer effrontery of the English were often remarked upon. ‘Pink, white and quarrelsome’ was the splendid description of one group of disgusted Spanish visitors.”
― Linda Porter, The Myth of "Bloody Mary": The First Queen of England

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“In 1485, the year of the accession of Mary’s grandfather, Henry VII, England suffered its first outbreak of the sweating sickness, a type of virulent influenza that tended to be more prevalent in the warmer months. It struck swiftly and with frightening effect, killing seemingly healthy people in the space of 24 hours.”
― Linda Porter, The Myth of "Bloody Mary": The First Queen of England

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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to read in March 2015?

Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle

12 votes, 16.2%

Her Highness, the Traitor, by Susan Higginbotham

11 votes, 14.9%

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

9 votes, 12.2%

The Marriage Game: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth I by Alison Weir

7 votes, 9.5%

The Lady in the Tower by Jean Plaidy

7 votes, 9.5%

The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England by Ann Wroe

5 votes, 6.8%

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen by Anna Whitelock

5 votes, 6.8%

Crown of Thistles by Linda Porter

4 votes, 5.4%

The Boleyn Deceit by Laura Andersen

3 votes, 4.1%

God's Traitors: Terror & Faith in Elizabethan England by Jessie Childs

3 votes, 4.1%

Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir

3 votes, 4.1%

Murder at Hatfield House by Amanda Carmack

2 votes, 2.7%

The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII: The Womens' Stories by Amy Licence

2 votes, 2.7%

Thomas Cromwell: The Rise and Fall of Henry VIII's Most Notorious Minister by Robert Hutchinson

1 vote, 1.4%

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