Books by Tracy Borman and Complete Book Reviews
Tracy Borman, Bantam, $28 (512p) ISBN 978-0-553-80698-4
Borman (King’s Mistress) recreates the life, times, and key relationships of one of the most iconic women in history: Elizabeth I. Although Elizabeth is famous for deriding her sex and flirting publicly with favorites like Robert Dudley, Borman...
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Tracy Borman. Atlantic Monthly (PGW, dist.), $30 (456p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2317-6
Borman, CEO of the U.K. Heritage Education Trust and joint chief curator of the British historic royal palaces, commendably delves into primary and secondary sources in piecing together the remarkable life of a “commoner who had risen far beyond his
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Tracy Borman. Grove, $27 (464p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2599-6
Borman (Thomas Cromwell), a senior curator of Britain’s Historic Royal Palaces organization, eschews the oft-told tabloid tales that emphasize the Tudor family’s colorful public personas to focus instead upon their private lives and daily rituals....
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Tracy Borman. Atlantic Monthly, $27 (448p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2788-4
Borman (The Private Lives of the Tudors) lures readers into this first in a series of historical novels set during the reign of the Stuarts. In 1603 England, healer Lady Frances Gorges returns to her family home of Longford after nursing Queen...
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Tracy Borman. Atlantic Monthly, $32 (576p) ISBN 978-0-8021-5910-6
Historian and novelist Borman (Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him) delivers an elegant and evenhanded chronicle of the British monarchy. Spanning from the Norman Conquest in the 11th century to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decampment to America
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Tracy Borman. Atlantic Monthly, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6206-9
In this rewarding study, historian Borman (The Private Lives of the Tudors) showcases Anne Boleyn’s lasting influence on her daughter Elizabeth I. Though Anne was executed by Henry VIII before Elizabeth turned three years old, Borman contends that...
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