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The Tudor Saga

The Tudor Saga recounts the dynasty from Henry VII’s exile and victory in the Wars of the Roses to the final years of Elizabeth I. Historical rulers, ministers and royal relatives occupy the centre of the sequence, while fictional attendants and agents reveal how decisions at court affect those required to carry them out.

Across six novels, the series covers the consolidation of Henry VII, Wolsey’s rise and fall, Thomas Cromwell’s revenge, the minority of Edward VI, the reign of Mary I and Elizabeth’s long struggle to preserve an unmarried Protestant monarchy. Court favour remains temporary, and every succession creates new winners, prisoners and traitors.

Reading order

Books in this series (6 books)

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#1 – Tudor Dawn

David Field

England and Brittany, 1469–1509. As Henry VI and Edward IV struggle for the crown, the young Henry Tudor grows up under guard and then in exile. His uncle Jasper Tudor protects the Lancastrian claim, while Margaret Beaufort builds alliances in England and treats her son’s survival…

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#4 – An Uneasy Crown

David Field

England from 1547 to 1553. In the six year period between 1547 and 1553, Tudor England is juggled through the hands of four separate monarchs. After the infamous reign of Henry VIII ends, his nine year old son Edward VI briefly takes charge, under the dubious…

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#5 – The Queen in Waiting

David Field

England during Mary I’s reign. Mary Tudor has claimed her sovereignty. But she remains conscious that her Council had briefly preferred another — her cousin, the Lady Jane Grey — and at the age of thirty-seven, unmarried and childless, she looks fearfully at the natural beauty…

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#6 – The Heart of a King

David Field

Elizabethan England. Elizabeth I inherits a kingdom divided by religion and scarred by the reign of Mary I. Determined to rule without surrendering authority to a husband, she relies on a small circle of counsellors while foreign monarchs, English nobles and rival claimants attempt to turn…