Leanda de Lisle is the author of bestselling Tudor and Stuart history praised for meticulous research as well as strong narratives. She has a Master’s degree in history from Oxford University.
TUDOR, her biography of the Tudor family 1437-1603, was a top ten Sunday Times best seller, BBC History book of the year, Daily Telegraph book of the year, and History Today book of the year.
THE SISTERS WHO WOULD BE QUEEN; THE TRAGEDY OF MARY, KATHERINE, AND LADY JANE GREY, was a New York Times best seller and is the inspiration for Phillippa Gregory’s 2017 novel THE LAST TUDOR. Her latest book WHITE KING, a biography of the doomed Charles I, is her most dramatic yet and is the winner of the 2018 Historical Writers Association non-fiction crown.
Books in order of publication:
After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England – 2005
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen – 2009
Tudor: The Family Story – 2013
The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr – 2017
Henrietta Maria – 2022
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