Historical Biographies 1501-1700

Dante the Maker

By William Anderson

Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco

By Tim Blanning

Ravenous: A Life of Barbara Villiers, Charles II's Most Infamous Mistress

By Andrea Zuvich

All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil

By Stephen Alford

The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham

By Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Richard III: In Fact and Fiction

By Matthew Lewis

The King's City

By Don Jordan, Michael Walsh

Henry VIII

By Jasper Godwin Ridley

Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I

By Charles Spencer

The Life and Times of Henry VIII

By Robert Lacey