Carolly Erickson

Here is the tragic, stormy life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon....

In this remarkable biography, Carolly Erickson brings Elizabeth I to life and allows us to see her as a living, breathing, elegant, flirtatious, diplomatic, violent, arrogant, and outrageous woman....

Josephine's life story was as turbulent as the age, an era of revolution and social upheaval....

This audiobook contains sharp and enjoyable new portraits of the English kings and queens....

The tumult and opulence of England’s Regency era burst from the pages in this work of literary nonfiction by acclaimed author Carolly Erickson. When dementia forces King George III to vacate his throne, the kingdom slips into a decade marked with excess, scandal, and riots. King George has...

Elizabeth was not just Queen, she was ruler. In an age of male supremacy she, by sheer force of character, became not only the unchallenged leader of the English but also the first leader of an empire upon which the sun never set. Erickson’s biography tells the truth about this extraordinary...

Through her extraordinarily vivid re-creation of this most tragic chapter in all Tudor History, Carrolly Erickson gives us unprecedented insight into the singularity of Anne Boleyn's life....

Popular biographer Carolly Erickson creates intimate and richly detailed portraits of her historical subjects. In this book she offers a provocative new perspective on Josephine and her fabled marriage to Napoleon......

From New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII, a novel about Catherine Howard, wife of Henry's later years Amid the turbulent, faction-ridden late reign of the fearsome Henry, eager high-spirited Catherine Howard caught the king's eye—but not before she had been the...

A powerful ruler, an alluring young woman, a scandal that would rock the nation: Anne Boleyn’s life story sounds more like a juicy TV docu-drama than a chapter of English history. Although she is not of noble birth or even especially beautiful, Anne Boleyn manages to rise to the very pinnacle...

What neighbors, and even Daria Gradov's children don't know is that she began her life as the Grand Duchess Tatiana, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra....

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a powerful and moving novel about Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, who married him only days after the execution of Anne Boleyn and ultimately lost her own life in giving him the son he badly needed to...

Prize-winning historian and biographer, Carolly Erickson has created an eminently readable biography that recognizes the humanity of Great Catherine—Empress of Russia—with her majesty and immense capability. Dispelling some of the myths surrounding her voracious sexual appetite, the...

Born on the Caribbean island of Martinique, Josephine had an exotic Creole appeal that would ultimately propel her to reign over an empire as wife of the most powerful man in the world....

Her Little Majesty is a fresh and fascinating portrait of the diminutive monarch who ruled the vast British empire for over 60 years. Award-winning biographer and historian, Carolly Erickson, transports you behind the walls of Buckingham Palace to introduce you to the quirky, loveable Queen...

Aftenen inden Marie Antoinette skal halshugges i guillotinen, efterlader hun i sin fængselscelle en hemmelig dagbog, der fortæller hendes livshistorie...

Catherine Parr ha soltanto sette anni quando, durante un torneo, il suo destino incrocia per la prima volta quello di Enrico VIII, il re d'Inghilterra.

La «scalata» di Anna Bolena inizia con un periodo trascorso in Francia, come damigella della regina. Al suo rientro in Inghilterra Anna si era trasformata in una splendida dama di corte, prezioso oggetto di scambio per le ambizioni del padre.

Caterina II di Russia, nata principessa Sofia di Anhalt-Zerbst e andata in sposa a soli sedici anni all'erede al trono degli zar, è una delle più straordinarie e controverse figure femminili della storia europea.