Linda Porter (historian)
| Linda Porter | |
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| Born | 1947 |
| Nationality | British |
| Genres | Biography |
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www.lindaporter.net |
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Linda Porter was born in Exeter, Devon in 1947. Her family have long-standing connections to the West Country, but moved to the London area when she was a small child. She was educated at Walthamstow Hall School in Sevenoaks and at the University of York, from which she has a doctorate in History. On completing her postgraduate work she moved to New York, where she lived for almost a decade, lecturing at Fordham University and the City University of New York.
Since returning to England, Porter has had a varied career. She has worked as a journalist and been a senior adviser on international public relations to a major telecommunications company. But she has always stayed close to her roots as an historian. In 2004 she was the winner of the Biographers Club/Daily Mail prize which launched her on a new career as an author. Her first book, Mary Tudor: The First Queen was published in 2007. In 2010 her second book Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr was published. As of 2010[update] she is doing preliminary research for a third book.
Porter is married with one daughter. She lives in Kent.
[edit] Bibliography
Linda Porter's Biography of Mary Tudor
- Mary Tudor: The First Queen (2007) ISBN 978-0-7499-5144-3
- Mary Tudor: The First Queen (Paperback, 2009) ISBN 978-0-7499-0982-6
- The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" (2008) ISBN 978-0-312-36837-1
- The Myth of "Bloody Mary": A Biography of Queen Mary I of England (Paperback, 2009) ISBN 978-0-312-56496-4
Linda Porter's Biography of Katherine Parr
- Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr" (2010) ISBN 978-0-230-71039-9
- Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr" (Trade Paperback, 2010) ISBN 978-0-230-74955-9
- Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr" (Paperback, 2011) ISBN 978-0-330-46080-4
- Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII" (2010) ISBN 978-0-312-38438-8
- Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII" (Paperback, 2011) ISBN 978-0-312-61696-0
[edit] External links
- [1] Linda Porter Home Page
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