Carolly Erickson

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January 01, 1943 in The United States

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Historical Fiction, History, Biographies & Memoirs

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Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette, The First Elizabeth, Great Catherine, Alexandra and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Hawaii.

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Books by Carolly Erickson

Average rating: 3.63 · 11,409 ratings · 1,376 reviews · 27 distinct works

	The Last Wife of Henry VIII 3.75 avg rating — 3,133 ratings — published 1980 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette 3.52 avg rating — 2,520 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Bloody Mary: The Life of Mary Tudor 3.94 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1978 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Tsarina's Daughter 3.28 avg rating — 746 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise 3.42 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The First Elizabeth 3.91 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 1983 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Rival to the Queen 3.40 avg rating — 380 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Alexandra: The Last Tsarina 3.82 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia 3.74 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Mistress Anne: The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn 3.71 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1984 — 9 editions	My rating:

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“I have never treasured any woman the way I treasure you now, this moment. You are all I think of, all I want”
― Carolly Erickson, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

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“It's a wonder, given your prowess with these delicious women, that there aren't dozens of little Bonapartes running around. Tell me, how do you account for that?”
― Carolly Erickson, The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise

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“Could it be that the great Bonaparte is incapable of fathering a child? that it is not I who am at fault but you?”
― Carolly Erickson, The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise

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

For the King's Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick

14 votes, 22.2%

The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George

12 votes, 19.0%

A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith

10 votes, 15.9%

Legacy by Susan Kay

8 votes, 12.7%

The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner

6 votes, 9.5%

The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson

5 votes, 7.9%

His Last Duchess by Gabrielle Kimm

4 votes, 6.3%

Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland by Susan Fraser King

4 votes, 6.3%

63 total votes

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