What Tudor history books are on your E-reader?

[Karen]

I have "The Lady in the Tower," by Alison Weir (read), "Mary Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley," by Alison Weir (reading), "The Six Wives," by David Starkey, "Wolf Hall," by Hilary Mantel,(future reading) and "Secrets of the Tudor Court," by D.L. Bogdan(future reading)

[Aly]

I have Wolf Hall on my Kindle too but I enjoyed it so much I bought it in hardback! I have a folder on my Kindle full of Tudor books, I'll have to go look at them and see what I've got!

[Gregory]

On my Kindle (wonderful little beasty that it is) I have the following;

Secrets of the Tudor Court, All the King’s Cooks, (Brilliant I will do a review later) The Liberties of London (I can’t get a print version so this will do to remind me I did it! Ohh vanity!) The Tudor Secret, (looking good) Virgin and the Crab, Boleyn Tudor Vampire, Tudor Rose, Innocent Tudor Rose (a racy little number but well laid out) Blood of the Rose.
So for me the Kindle is excellent I wouldn’t be able to afford those books at any Antipodean bookstore let alone the transport and waiting for an order. So in my opinion ebooks are a fantastic step forward. Mind you I still treasure my paper versions, but this lets me be more selective in those purchases.
Regards Greg

[Aly]

Greg, is your version of The Tudor Secret the one by C.W. Gortner? I have that one sitting on my TBR pile next to my bed. I read his The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, and it was FABULOUS.

[Gregory]

To Aly I think it is, I checked on history fiction a little while ago and this I believe is an updated version of an earlier book. Still it reads well, CW Gortner is in my opinion a very good writer in the Tudor genre.
I fear my budget didn't stretch to his other works

Regards Greg

[[deleted user]]

Ok so its not on a E-reader or anything, but I have pdf copies of The Constant Princess and The Red Queen on my computer. I'm currently reading TRQ...

[Gregory]

I must admit half the time I use the PC to read since it is my partners Kindle and I have to sneak it away when she's not looking.

Regards Greg

[[deleted user]]

I have to admit that I dont own a Kindle either... but I would love to have one :)
But I do prefer the real book when I'm reading at home. I read the pdf files when I'm at work :)

[Gregory]

To Niecole it is true that nothing really beats a real book in the hand, the feel the texture and so on. However until last year I had a lot of doubts about the viability of ereaders like kindle until my partner got one. Then I changed my mind the versatility of the beastie is amazing and To someone who is also I am sure aware of the tyranny of distance the prices were more then comparable, for general dare I say consumable fiction and non fiction it is a real money saver. Afterwards if I really like a book I will when I can afford it purchase a hard copy. But in the meantime I’ve read it, so I’m already ahead. The other handy feature is the ability to load a number of free books and older books for research onto the ereader freeing up the computer for writing or other research. Now I wouldn’t be without it, plus the handy audible book function is very useful if you just want to listen.
Anyway my 2 cents worth, sigh if only I got paid for Spruking!

Regards Greg
Blogging on the Tudors at http://rednedtudormysteries.blogspot....
Author-The Liberties of London

[[deleted user]]

Greg, what you say is very true... I must agree.
I read a lot of pdf files on my computer at work, and if I really loved the book I'll buy the real thing (because I'm just a sucker for a good book to put on my shelf).

I went to your blog and I'm a new follower... I'm looking forward to reading it from now on

[Gregory]

Thanks Niecole the more the merrier!
Regards Greg

[Sabree]

Well, on my iPad, I have both a Kindle and an iBooks app, so I have the following books:


*Wolf Hall
*The Six Wives of Henry VIII
*She Wolves: The Women Who Ruled Before Elizabeth (does that count?)
*The Tudors

[Gregory]

Ok the following is my shortened list
The Queen’s Oranges
The Liberties of London
All the King’s Cooks
The Tudor Secret
Secrets of the Tudor court
Behind the Palace Doors
The Virgin and the Crab
The Queen of Last Hopes
Boleyn Tudor Vampire
The Tudor rose
Innocent Tudor Rose
The Jewels of Warwick
That’s the short list the longer list includes an awful lot of old Tudor sources now available as mobi files. As to quality some are brilliant (hopefully mine included though modesty forbids and they are on my Kindle to see how they scanned rather than ego), others… well a lot less so, but as they say taste is very individual. I can most highly recommend All the Kings Cooks- it is an account of the organisation and cooking at Henry’s Hampton Court. For me personally very useful and an excellent source for Red Ned escapades.

Regards Greg
http://rednedtudormysteries.blogspot.com
All the King's Cooks: The Tudor Kitchens of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace

[Charlotte]

Right now, I'm reading "Memoirs of the Queens of England" by Agnes Strickland on my Nook. It's available for free download and is also on Google Books. I wanted to check it out because a lot of the books I've read quote this one. So far, I'm not disappointed, although, at over 600 pgs., it's def. not a light read. :)

[Seb]

I've just got 'Innocent Traitor' by Alison Weir on my Kindle. I'm going to start it this evening. I'm so excited to start reading it. Most of you who read it enjoyed it much so I expect it's going to be the same for me.

[Aly]

Loved that book, Sebastien!!!!!!

[Seb]

Aly wrote: "Loved that book, Sebastien!!!!!!"

Hi Aly,

I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Jennifer, Mod #5]

I loved that one too Sebastien. Excellent read :)

On my iPhone right now I have the following (I also have a bunch on my computer at home)

Alison Weir (TBR)
- The Lady Elizabeth
- The Lady in the Tower
- The Princes in the Tower (not sure if I should count this as a 'Tudor' book :P)

Philippa Gregory (Read)
- The Red Queen

[Aly]

I've read The Lady Elizabeth and the Lady in the Tower and really liked both. Her Elizabeth book does have some things in there that are probably not likely, but she addresses that in her author's note.

[Rob]

On my kindle I have:

Elizabeth ('home made' mobi book) - David Starkey
Six wives - David Starkey
Catherine of Aragon - Giles Tremlett
And the set of C J Sansom books.

[Seb]

Arielle wrote: "Sebastien wrote: "I've just got 'Innocent Traitor' by Alison Weir on my Kindle. I'm going to start it this evening. I'm so excited to start reading it. Most of you who read it enjoyed it much so I ..."

Hi Arielle,

I liked 'Innocent Traitor' very much and I then read 'Traitors of the Tower' which I liked it very much too.
I've also 'The Lady in the tower....The lady Elisabeth...and the Children of Henry VIII...on my Kindle; I haven't still started any read as I'm actually reading books about American History as I want to learn more about it too.

[Miss Melly]

Hi,
I've recently joined this site and am a HUGE tudor fan. On my kindle (have read all of them) are:
A Lady Raised High (Anne Boleyn)
Stolen Crown
Three Maids for a Crown (Jane Grey & her sisters)
Innocent Traitor (Jane Grey)
The Other Boleyn Girl
Legacy (Elizabeth I)
Secrets of the Tudor Court
Rivals in the Tudor Court
The Queen's Rival

I'm starting on the Plantagenets now!!

[Karen]

Hi Melissa,

Another thing we have in common! I love Medieval history, the Tudors in particular. You have read some that I haven't, what's the name of the book you are reading on the Plantagenets?

[Miss Melly]

Hi Karen,
At the moment To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine
- I've read a few others as well - there are so many great books in this era.
Another fave is The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou
What's the best Tudor novel you've read?

[Karen]

I haven't read that many novels, preferring to read the actual history, but if I had to choose, then I guess it would be anything by Jean Plaidy. I've read a great deal of her novels and like how she uses the actual history to dramatize and prove her theories. I've also read "Secrets of the Tudor Court," can't remember the author's name, and a couple of Philippa Gregory's novels.

My favorite Tudor historian has to be Alison Weir, though I haven't read any of her novels, just the history ones.

I have all the ones I've read in my list of books, I think you can access it, since we are friends :)

[Kereen]

I read The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance and The Other Queen. I am some what disappointed in the Other Queen though. I am still in disbelief. I think that story could have been written better. The Other Boleyn Girl and Boleyn Inheritance are well written. I still love Philippa though.

[Richard]

To those who are interested, Claire Ridgway's books on the Tudors are available for the next while as free Kindle downloads.

On This Day in Tudor History
The Anne Boleyn Collection: The Real Truth about the Tudors
The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown

Thanks are due to Misfit for alerting me.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Just got one of the Ridgways (thanks Richard and Misfit!), and I believe I also have on there somewhere The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

The Masters of Rome series; I really enjoyed that one.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

She is more than a little in love with Caesar.

My favorite character is Sulla. Never know what he will be up to!

I like very much that she has such long and useful author's notes at the back (also historical and word definitions). More historical fiction authors should have decent author's notes; I'd forgive a lot more!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

I would love it if she wrote a Tudor; never seen any indication of it, though.

[Mary]

Just picked up "On This Day in Tudor History" by Claire Ridgway for free on Kindle at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos... for those who are interested!

[Richard]

See message 29--but a little reinforcement doesn't hurt. Two of her other books are available as well!

[Chloe]

I also downloaded Claire's books, so far I think they're pretty fab :) I'm debating wether or not to get a Kindle, as i simply do not have the space in my room to store anymore books! Can anyone recommend which e-reader they think is the best?

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

I love my kindle; I have one with a keyboard, which really fits my specific needs very well.

[Chloe]

Thanks for the reply guys! I've been researching the Kindle and it does seem to popular, with lots of books on offer and hardly any complaints against it. I'll go have a look at the Sony e-readers now, I didn't even know they made them! I just want to make sure whichever one I purchase has a good range of Tudor books, enough to satisfy my obsession ☺

[Aly]

I'm in love with my kindle. The only problem: if I find I'm reading a book that I call "wall bangers", I can't throw my kindle across the room in frustration haha! I downloaded Ridgeway's books, am reading The Anne Boleyn Collection now, and am finding it to be not what I expected, and not in a good way either. I'm all for having your favorite Tudor, but don't discount or place unknown blame on someone else because you have fallen in love with said favorite Tudor. I'm sadly underwhelmed :(

[Chloe]

I agree Aly, it can be quite biased at times, but it's nice to see someone who isn't bashing Anne as a husband-stealing harlot who dabbled in incest and witchcraft. I do love Anne, but I am keeping an open mind while reading Claire's thesis on her! ☺

[Nona]

I had a Kindle Fire HD and a Nook Color but both seemed to be geared for just reading, not that I mind though. I ended up with a Nexus 7 though and couldn't be happier! I have a kindle app so I get all those amazon goodies, Google books for the few they have and the joys of an IPad with the cost. that's just my two cents though. I can do anything on this tablet and I love that.

[Nona]

I use the amazon kindle app, free through amazon or google play. I really like it, I do everything on it. Just the other day I caught up on watching The Walking Dead on it while on the treadmill. I do a lot of stuffer work on it too so its all around the best for me.
If you have the kindle reader app you can use the cloud, I'veclose to 400 on the cloud and about 183 on my device plus I have 4g LTE thru ATT.

[Nona]

I download a lot of amazon freebies too, also have books in PDF and the kindle app will compose it like an ebook to read.

[Charlotte]

I wish I'd bought a Kindle. I have a nook and it's crap. : /

[Aly]

O no!! What don't you like about it? Are you able to return it?

[Charlotte]

I got it as a gift and it's a 1st generation, so no, I can't return it. BOO!

It always gets stuck and won't let me turn pages, so I have to restart it a lot. Also, the battery indicator lies -- it'll say it has a full charge and it will really be almost dead.

Honestly, I'm a bit old school, anyway, and still prefer actual books. They don't even need a battery! ;)

[Phebe]

I like the Kindle app for keeping books in mind as samples. I have a LOT of samples, incl. a lot of Tudor histories and novels. The samples keep well and remind me they are there but I haven't spent the money or shelf space on them --- when I'm ready to read them I can download them then. A truly great solution to gross over-book-buying, for me.

[Phebe]

Christine wrote: "I've just finished The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers (which was great)."

It's interesting you liked that one; I bought it as an Audible book and it was very well read, but I so much HATE Henry that I found listening to him in the first person was just impossible -- I couldn't sympathize with such a monster as he became. Margaret George also wrote a long book about Mary Queen of Scots which I'll check out more thoroughly before buying it.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Speaking of people of this era in whom I have basically no interest (Mary Queen of Scots).

[Aly]

LOL Susanna, I'm very much in the same mind as you. I really enjoyed George's Henry VIII because it was so well done. I really disliked Henry before I read it, and this book actually caused me to see him in a different light. After having done some research after reading it, I feel so much more sympathetic to Henry (to the point of fanaticism haha) and feel that people automatically classify him as a monster without really seeing the reason behind a lot of his actions.

Speaking of E-readers, I got the kindle Paperwhite not too long ago and it was one of the best purchases ever. I have just moved across the US and all my books are still packed up so it's been great having access to hundreds of books on one thing. I had the 2nd gen Kindle and thought that it was awesome, but this version is even better. Plus I can see all the covers of the Tudor books and that makes me super happy.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

My kindle makes me very happy - I have one of the older ones with a keyboard, which is perfect for me. (I have hand issues, due to a stroke. Much easier typing on a real keyboard, than a virtual one.)

[Aly]

My old one had a keyboard, and i really did like it. It started blinking out on me a bit, so that was the reason behind the new one :D I HAVE to be able to take notes when I read books haha! Good news is, they are still creating Kindles with a real keyboard.