C. S. Burrough

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli My rating 5 out of 5 stars Liza Minnelli is a name synonymous with such a range of topics: ...

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys My rating:  5 out of 5 stars Let me first say that this literary masterpiece deserved every last ounce of glo...

Letters 1931-1966 by Jean Rhys, Francis Wyndham (Editor), Diana Melly (Editor)  My rating:  5 out of 5 stars I was bought this as a birthday...

Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown by Maureen Waller  My rating:  3 out of 5 stars Interesting a...

Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion  by Anne Somerset My rating:  4 out of 5 stars An excellent biography of a monarch often written off as ...

Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley by Alison Weir My rating:  5out of 5 stars Alison Weir surpassed herself penning this tom...

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty by Robert K. Massie My rating:  5 out of 5 stars More than fi...

The Left Bank, and Other Stories by  Jean  Rhys My rating:  5 out of 5 stars A must for all Jean Rhys aficionados. This was her first ever p...

Arbella, England's Lost Queen by Sarah Gristwood  My rating:  4 out of 5 star Arbella is an excellent reading adjunct to mainstream Tudo...

The Young Elizabeth: The First Twenty-Five Years of Elizabeth I by Alison Plowden My rating:  4 out of 5 stars So many greats have come alon...

Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen by Joanna Denny My rating: 3  out of 5 stars I was drawn to this by the rumble of diff...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir My rating:  4 out of 5 stars Some biographers are blessed with a voice that resonates, and Weir i...

Elizabeth and Essex by Lytton Strachey My rating:  4 out of 5 stars Though not everyone's favourite book of this period, this retains it...

Catherine of Aragon by Garrett Mattingly My rating:  4 out of 5 stars A great biography of a great royal consort, England's beloved Quee...

The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir My rating:  4 out of 5 stars Alison Weir is a supreme historian and writer on ...

Jane Seymour: Henry VIII's True Love by Elizabeth Norton My rating:  4 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this take on Henry VIII's male-heir-...

Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride  by Elizabeth Norton My rating:  4 out of 5 stars The style of this follows a pattern acros...

Katherine Howard: A Tudor Conspiracy  by Joanna Denny My rating:  4 out of 5 stars Joanna Denny has brought dynamism to this erstwhile two d...

Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr  by Linda Porter My rating:  4 out of 5 stars The  Firebrand  (2023) movie’s medi...

18 Months of One Night Stands by Dorlores Dunbar My rating: 5 out of 5 stars Long ago in Far North Queensland, a tiny exotic girl named Dolo...