Tracy Borman
Författare till Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen
Om författaren
Tracy Borman is a British writer and historian. She studied and taught history at the University of Hull and was awarded a Ph. D in 1997. Tracy is now Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust, a charity that encourages children to visit and learn from historic properties. She has recently visa mer been appointed Interim Chief Curator for Historic Royal Palaces, the charity that manages Hampton Court Palace, the Tower of London, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and the Banqueting House, Whitehall. Her works include: Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen, Henrietta Howard: King's Mistress, Queen's Servant, and Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Serier
Verk av Tracy Borman
The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty (2016) 276 exemplar
Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II (2021) 144 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Borman, Tracy
- Födelsedag
- 1972-01-01
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- England
- Land (för karta)
- England
- Födelseort
- Scothern, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Scothern, Lincolnshire, England, UK
New Malden, Surrey, England, UK - Utbildning
- University of Hull ( PhD [1997])
Scothern Primary School, Scothern, England, UK
William Farr School, Welton, England, UK
Yarborough School, Lincoln, England, UK - Yrken
- historian
author
Chief Executive, Heritage Education Trust
co-Chief Curator for Historic Royal Palaces - Organisationer
- English Heritage
Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust (board of trustees)
National Archives Foundation (board of trustees)
Society of Antiquaries
Royal Historical Society - Agent
- Julian Alexander
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- 17
- Medlemmar
- 2,003
- Popularitet
- #12,855
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 76
- ISBN
- 99
Borman continues her amazing research and work on the Tudors by connecting Elizabeth I's actions and writings with her mother Anne Boleyn's life. As queen, Elizabeth combines her father's legacy while subtly including her mother's influences. Borman does well with this connection, showing how Elizabeth balances keeping her mother's spirit alive while walking that fine line between legitimacy, her father's legacy, and the need to prove herself as a female ruler. I greatly enjoyed seeing these connections and welcome the scholarship being published in the last couple of decades that tries to provide a truer picture of Anne Boleyn.… (mer)