Tracy Borman

Tracy Borman is a best-selling author and historian, specialising in the Tudor period. Her books include <em>Elizabeth’s Women</em>, which was Book of the Week on Radio 4, <em>Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant</em>, which was a <em>Sunday Times</em> bestseller, <em>The Private Lives of the Tudors</em> and <em>Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him</em>. Tracy has presented a number of history programmes for Channel 5, Yesterday TV and the Smithsonian Channel, including <em>The Fall of Anne Boleyn</em>, <em>Inside the Tower of London</em> and <em>Henry VIII and the King’s Men</em>. She works part-time as joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces and as Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust.

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Episode 1Elizabeth I: The power of delaying decisions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The curse of the Boleyns: how Anne's fall doomed her family. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A collage of Tudor figures. Each square shows a different monarch or noble figure in 16th‑ or early‑17th‑century dress, including ruffs, jewelled headpieces, and richly decorated garments. Recognisable figures such as Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Mary I, Elizabeth I, and James I appear among the portraits. The grid highlights variations in artistic style, clothing, and facial depiction across the period.

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Think you know everything about the Tudors? Here are 15 facts that will prove you wrong. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5Why Tudor England was more multicultural than you might think. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4Were the Tudors really THAT superstitious?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3Rich diets and dangerous habits | Food, fashion and festivals in Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2What was daily life REALLY like in Tudor England?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1Could YOU survive Henry VIII’s reign?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Procrastinate like Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Porpoise for breakfast and late night sex visits: Henry VIII's life in a day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The lie of succession: did James I steal Elizabeth I's crown?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The conqueror’s queen: meet the real Matilda of Flanders

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Tudors in turmoil: deciphering Hans Holbein’s masterwork The Ambassadors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What was Mary Tudor and Thomas Cromwell's relationship – did they plan to marry?

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

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Thomas Cromwell on screen: is Wolf Hall the best depiction of the Tudor statesman?

Historical novelist CJ Sansom

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"To read a Shardlake novel is to be immersed in the turbulent world of the Tudors" | Tracy Borman reflects on the work of CJ Sansom

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Your guide to Thomas Cromwell

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Why was King James VI and I obsessed with witch hunts?

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The Succession, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Plots and Rebellions, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"Elizabeth was certainly no feminist": Tracy Borman on the Elizabethans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Elizabethan Daily Life, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Elizabethan court, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King James was king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and the first Stuart king of England, from 1603 to 1625, acceding to the throne upon the death of Elizabeth I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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King James VI and I: your guide to the first Stuart monarch of England

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Video podcastLife of the week: Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcastConspiracy: was Elizabeth I a man?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How to marry a monarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Charlotte and Diana: the parallel lives of two Princesses of Wales whose deaths sent the nation into mourning

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Elizabeth I and Anne Boleyn: the Tudor queen’s undying love for her mother

Tracy Borman

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Tracy Borman on the coronation of Charles III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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