Decent biography on the life of Edward Stafford who was Henry VIII’s second cousin. He prospered under Henry VII but became too ambitious under Henry VIII with fatal consequences.

A good biography on Henry VIII’s leading minister in the 1510s and 1520s who failed to give the king the divorce he wanted.

Not really a courtier but still a notable figure in Henry VIII’s reign, Bishop Fisher would reject Henry’s ecclesiastical actions and consequently was martyred.

A great account of the life of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey who was the last man executed on Henry VIII’s orders. Examines Surrey as a poet, a politician, a soldier and as a arrogant young nobleman.

An examination of the minister who set out to ensure that Henry VIII got what he always wanted but fell from power over the disastrous Cleves marriage.

A new approach to the ambitious and often vilified family. This family produced a leading finance minister, a soldier and later governor of England, and a favourite of Elizabeth I.

A great reassessment of Edward Seymour’s role as Lord Protector. Seymour was Edward VI’s uncle and as the king was too young to rule alone he acted as governor of the realm.

Useful biography on one of Mary's closest allies, personal friend and the man sent to England by the Papacy to aid England back to the Catholic Church.

An examination of Walsingham’s role as Elizabeth’s ‘spymaster’.

A biography on Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk who held the dukedom under Mary I and Elizabeth I. Discusses the conspiracy involving a possible marriage between himself and Mary Queen of Scots.

A biography on the famous Elizabethan courtier.