Elizabeth Norton

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Elizabeth Norton
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Notable worksShe Wolves: The Notorious Queens of England (2008)
The Lives of Tudor Women (2017)

Elizabeth Anna Norton

Tudor period.[2] She obtained a Master of Arts in archaeology and anthropology from the University of Cambridge, being awarded a Double First Class degree, and a master's degree in European archaeology from the University of Oxford.[citation needed] She is the author of thirteen non-fiction books.[3]

Biography

Norton grew up in

Hertford College
, Oxford.

She was a member of a university research group led by

Mary Ann Craig was also a member of this group. Norton has also carried out archaeological fieldwork in Hungary.[4]

Her television appearances include Bloody Tales of the Tower (National Geographic), The Book Show (

BBC London News and is often featured on radio, including The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London
.

In 2019, she completed a Doctor of Philosophy at King's College London. Her thesis was titled The Blount Family in the long Sixteenth century and she was supervised by Hannah Dawson and Lucy Wooding.[5]

Norton lives in Kingston upon Thames with her husband and sons.[4]

Published works

Elizabeth Norton is the author of thirteen non-fiction works:

  • She Wolves, The Notorious Queens of England (The History Press, 2008)[ISBN missing]
  • Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's Obsession (Amberley, 2008)[ISBN missing]
  • Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's True Love (Amberley, 2009)[ISBN missing]
  • Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's Discarded Bride (Amberley, 2009)[ISBN missing]
  • Catherine Parr (Amberley, 2010);[6][ISBN missing]
  • Margaret Beaufort, Mother of the Tudor Dynasty (Amberley, 2010)[ISBN missing
    ]
  • Anne Boleyn, In Her Own Words and the Words of Those Who Knew Her (Amberley, 2011)[ISBN missing]
  • England's Queens: The Biography (Amberley, 2011)[ISBN missing]
  • Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII (Amberley, 2011)[ISBN missing]
  • The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History (Amberley, 2013)
  • The Tudor Treasury (Andre Deutsch, 2014)[ISBN missing]
  • The Temptation of
    Elizabeth Tudor (Head of Zeus, 2015)[ISBN missing
    ]
  • The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women – a Social History (Pegasus, 2017)[ISBN missing]

She is also the author of a number of articles, including

She regularly writes for history and family history magazines, including BBC History, Who Do You Think You Are? and Your Family Tree.

References

  1. ^ "List of Fellows (February 2024)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Interview with Elizabeth Norton". The Anne Boleyn Files. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Results for 'Elizabeth Norton' > 'Elizabeth Norton' > 'Book' [WorldCat.org]". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Elizabeth Norton – Home". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. ^ "The Blount Family in the long Sixteenth century - Research Portal, King's College, London". kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  6. ^ Norton, E. Catherine Parr (Amberley, 2010), author information
  7. ^ The article is online in Surrey History, Volume VIII (2009)
  8. ^ The article is online: Norton, Elizabeth (2009). "Scandinavian influences in the Late Anglo-Saxon sculpture of Sussex" (PDF). Sussex Archaeological Collections. 147: 215–217. Open access icon

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