Kate Williams

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History, Historical Fiction

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Kate studied her BA at Somerville College, Oxford where she was a College Scholar and received the Violet Vaughan Morgan University Scholarship. She then took her MA at Queen Mary, University of London and her DPhil at Oxford, where she received a graduate prize. She also took an MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway. She now teaches at Royal Holloway.

Kate's book, with Alison Weir, Sarah Gristwood and Tracy Borman, The Ring and the Crown, is a history of royal weddings through the ages, drawing on the very rich research they have all carried out on royal marriage over the years. Royal Weddings, as the authors show, could be grand, humble, secretive, glamorous or ridiculous - but never dull.

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Average rating: 3.52 · 1,336 ratings · 311 reviews · 23 distinct works · Similar authors

	Becoming Queen 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 564 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pleasures of Men 2.71 of 5 stars 2.71 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Elizabeth the Making of Our Queen 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistress of Empires: The Extraordinary Life of Josephine Bonaparte 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton by Kate Williams, Josephine Bailey (Translation) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistress of Empires: Napoleon's Josephine 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Communication in Organisations Cmiolp 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creating a Customer Focus Cmiolp 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Developing High Performance Teams Cmiolp 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Which book would you like to read for our January 15 - February 15 European Royalty group read?

We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals by Gillian Gill

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England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton by Kate Williams

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The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland

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The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi

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