John Guy (historian)
John Guy | |
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| Born | January 16, 1949 Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, biographer |
John Alexander Guy (born 16 January 1949) is a British historian and biographer.
Biography
Born in
Geoffrey Rudolph Elton. He was awarded a Greene Cup by Clare College and the Yorke Prize by the University of Cambridge
.
During his academic career, Guy has held posts at
Cambridge University
, as a fellow of Clare College, where he teaches part-time so he can devote more time to his writing and broadcasting career.
Guy specializes in the history of
2004 Whitbread Biography Award. This book and Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart served as inspiration for the 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots.[1]
He is the author of A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and his daughter Meg, 2008, and Elizabeth: the forgotten years, 2016.
Guy's style is one of re-assessment and evaluation; his works often involve him re-telling and re-evaluating history from a novel viewpoint.
Personal life
He is married to author
Jane Boleyn
: The Infamous Lady Rochford.
Bibliography
- Tudor England (1988). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192852137.
- The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction (2000). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192854011
- My Heart is my Own: The life of Mary, Queen of Scots (2004). New York City: Harper Perennial. ISBN 1841157538.
- Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart (2005). Boston: Mariner Books. ISBN 0618619178.
- A Daughter's Love (2008). London: Fourth Estate.
- Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, A 900-year-old story retold (2012). New York City: Viking Books. ISBN 0670918466.
- The Children of Henry VIII (2013). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192840905.
- Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame (2014). London: Allen Lane. ISBN 0141977124.
- Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years (2016). New York City: Viking Books. ISBN 0670922250.
- Thomas More: A Very Brief History (2017). London: SPCK Publishing. ISBN 028107738X.
- Gresham's Law: The Life and World of Queen Elizabeth I's Banker (2019). London: Profile Books. ISBN 1788162366.
- Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe with Julia Fox. (2023). London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 1526631520
References
- ^ "History Scotland's exclusive interview with Dr John Guy, author of My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots". History Scotland. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022.
- University of St Andrews: Professor John Guy
- Biography on Guy's own website
- British Council contemporary writers page
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