Linda Porter (historian)
Linda Porter | |
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| Born | 1947 Exeter, Devon |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Biography, History |
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Linda Porter is an historian and British novelist.
Early life
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 and lectured at Fordham University and the City University of New York.
Career
Porter moved back to England, and has worked as a journalist and been a senior adviser on international public relations to a major telecommunications company. In 2004 she won the Biographers Club/Daily Mail prize.[1] Her first book, Mary Tudor: The First Queen was published in 2007. It was a biography of Queen Mary I of England presented a view of Mary as a decisive and clear-headed ruler, and a skilled political and diplomatic operator.[2]
In 2010, her second book Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr was published.[3] This biography of Katherine Parr detailed her life as a queen and stepmother.[3]
Her third book, Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots, was published by Macmillan in 2013.[4][5] It tells the story of a divided family and how Scotland and England because one nation.
In 2014 Dr. Porter continued to do public speaking and published articles and book reviews[6][7][8][9][10] as well as doing research for a fourth book.
Porter's fourth book, Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars follows the lives of Charles I’s family.[11]
The author’s fifth book, Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II, was published in the UK on 16 April 2020.
Personal life
Porter is married and has one daughter. She lives in Kent.
Published works
- Mary Tudor: The First Queen (2007) ISBN 978-0-7499-5144-3
- The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" (2008) ISBN 978-0-312-36837-1
- 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, the Last Wife of Henry VIII" (2010) ISBN 978-0-312-38438-8
- Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots" (2013) ISBN 978-0-230-75364-8
- Tudors Versus Stewarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots" (2014) ISBN 978-0-312-59074-1
- Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars" (2016) ISBN 978-1-4472-6754-6
- Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II" (2020) ISBN 978-1-5098-7705-8
External links
Notes
- ^ Biographer's Club Prize, Previous Winners - Tony Lothian Prize. Her submission was Josephine’s Enemies. Retrieved 11 July 2014
- ^ Marshall, Peter. Not a real queen? What do historians have against England's earliest Queen regnant - a decisive and clear-headed ruler? The Times Literary Supplement, 22 July 2009.
- ^ a b Linda Porter's Web Site, Text by Dr. Porter.
- ^ Linda Porter's Web Site, About Linda.
- ^ Linda Porter's Web Site, Text by Dr. Porter.
- ^ Porter, Linda. Wearing the Breeches. Literary Review. September 2012, p. 25
- ^ Porter, Linda. The Queen and the Welshman. Literary Review. September 2013, p. 7
- ^ Porter, Linda. James IV Renaissance Monarch. History Today. September 2013, pp. 10-17
- ^ Porter, Linda. The Downfall of Mary Queen of Scots. BBC History. August 2013, pp. 52-57
- ^ Porter, Linda. Tending the White Rose. Literary Review. November 2013, pp. 8-10
- ^ Linda Porter's Web Site, Text by Dr. Porter.
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- English women non-fiction writers
- City College of New York faculty
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- 20th-century English historians
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- 21st-century English women writers
- People educated at Walthamstow Hall
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