READING LISTS FOR Year 12 & 13 History A Level - Component 1 The Tudors: England 1485 - 1603 Reading List (Mrs du Bois) TOPIC BOOKS LRC

rd HENRY VI Henry VII (Access to History) 3 ​ Edition by C Rogers 1 Copy ​ ​ ISBN-13: 978-0340888964 ​ 942.05

nd HENRY VIII Henry VIII and the Reformation in England (Access to History) 2 ​ Edition by K 4 ​ ​ Randell Copies ISBN-13: 978-0340782156 ​ 942.05

nd Henry VIII and the Government of England (Access to History) 2 ​ Edition by K 3 ​ ​ Randell Copies ISBN-13: 978-0340782163 ​ 942.05

EDWARD & Edward VI and Mary 1: A Mid Tudor Crisis? 1540 – 58. (Access to History) 3rd 1 Copy ​ ​ MARY Edition by N Heard 941.05 ISBN-13: 978-0340912522 ​

ELIZABETH I Elizabeth I: Meeting the challenge, England 1541 - 1603 (Access to History) 3rd 1 Copy ​ ​ Edition by J Warren 942.05 ISBN-13: 978-0340965931 ​

The Triumph of Elizabeth: Britain, 1547 - 1603 (Oxford – approved by AQA but 1 Copy ​ for the OLD spec) by M Tillbrook 942.05 ISBN-13: 978-1408503171 ​

The Reign of Elizabeth (Heinemann) by W Simpson 1 Copy ​ ISBN-13: 978-0435327354 ​ 942.05

The Reign of Elizabeth: England 1558-1603 (SHP) B Mervyn 1 Copy ISBN-13: 978-0719574863 ​ 942.05

TUDORS England 1485 – 1603 (Flagship History) by D Murphy 3 ISBN-13: 978-0003271249 ​ Copies 942.05

The Tudors: England 1485 – 1603 (Hodder Education – AQA approved for this 1 Copy spec) by D Ferriby, A Anderson & T Imperato 942.05 ISBN-13: 978-1471837586 ​

The Tudors: England 1485 – 1603 (Oxford – AQA approved for this spec) by M 1 Copy Tillbrook 942.05 ISBN-13: 978-0198354604 ​ TUDORS The Tudor Century 1485 – 1603 by I Dawson 2 ISBN-13: 978-0174350637 continued ​ Copies 942.05

The Early Tudors (SHP) by D Rogerson (ed), 1 Copy ISBN-13: 978-0719574849 ​ 942.05

The English Reformation (Heinemann) by C Pendrill 4 ISBN-13: 978-0435327125 ​ Copies 942.05

Tudor England 1485 – 1603 (Context) by A Anderson and T Imperato 2 ISBN-13: 978-0340683880 ​ Copies 942.05

nd The Tudor Years (Hodder Education) 2 ​ Edition by J Lotherington (ed) 1 Copy ​ ISBN-13: 978-0340857748 ​ 942.05

Year 12 & 13 History - Component 1 Suggested Reading List

Assuming that you have chosen A Level history because you enjoy history these are some fantastic books/films/ programmes to get stuck into to give you a “feel” for the period.

Philippa Gregory’s books The Cousins’ War series – great background reading about the War of the Roses and into the reign ​ of Henry VII ❖ The Lady of the Rivers () ❖ () ❖ The Red Queen (About Margaret Beaufort – Henry VII’s mother) ❖ The Kingmaker's Daughter (Isabel and Anne Neville) ❖ (Elizabeth of York – marries Henry VII) ❖ The King's Curse (Margaret Pole)

The Tudor Court Novels ❖ The Constant Princess (Catherine of Aragon) ❖ (Mary and Anne Boleyn) ❖ The Boleyn Inheritance (Jane Boleyn, Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard) ❖ The Queen's Fool (A young girl's story of her service in the court of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I) ❖ The Virgin's Lover (Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley and Amy Robsart) ❖ (Mary, Queen of Scots, George Talbot and Bess of Hardwick)

CJ Sansom’s books A fantastic murder / mystery historical series set in the reign of King Henry VIII ❖ Dissolution (2003) ❖ Dark Fire (2004) ❖ Sovereign (2006) ❖ Revelation (2008) ❖ Heartstone (2010) ❖ Lamentation (2014)

Hilary Mantel’s books These are brilliant books, but they are not as easy to read to as CJ Sansom or , they may be books to read when you are half-way through the course – as you will then have more understanding of what is going on and you’ll appreciate the wealth of detail more. ❖ Wolf Hall - the story of Thomas Cromwell, during Henry’s divorce, the fall of Wolsey and the Break with Rome ❖ Bring up the Bodies - takes up Cromwell’s story where Wolf Hall finishes and deals with the fall of Anne Boleyn 1535 – 1536

Suggested Viewing List

❖ Henry VII: The Winter King – a BBC documentary on YouTube ❖ The series – The White Queen (based on Philippa Gregory’s books – this series is excellent background for the course and goes up to Henry VII and his early years on the throne) ❖ The series - The Tudors – Set in the reign of Henry VIII - it’s brilliant! ❖ The series – Wolf Hall – based on Hilary Mantell’s books – this is also brilliant ❖ The series – The Virgin Queen – Elizabeth I ❖ Simon Schama – A History of Britain ‘Burning Convictions’ and ‘The Body of the Queen’ ❖ Elizabeth I – a two part series with Helen Mirram

The following films lack historical accuracy – but are good for a feel of the period ❖ The Other Boleyn Girl ❖ Elizabeth I ❖ Elizabeth: the Golden Years