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Aristocrats : Sarah, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832 by Stella Tillyard
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Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox. Taken from their letters. Reads like a really intelligent novel. One of the most enjoyable books I have ever read.

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
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Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived (but only just)! And they're all really interesting to read about too!

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
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Lady Jane Grey. Queen for nine days. She really had faith. Also covers the lives of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I

Henrietta Maria : Charles I's Indomitable Queen by Alison Plowden
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Henrietta Maria. Wife of the doomed Charles I. First they hated each other and then, just when it seemed they were going to live happily ever after, some bloke called Cromwell turned up.

Queen Victoria: A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert
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Everyone was afraid of her. She really loved her husband though.

Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard
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Victoria also had five daughter - Vicky, Alice, Helena, Louisa and Beatrice and thier lives are as fun to read about as hers.

The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
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Gloriana herself. Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boelyn. She flirted with her courtiers a lot and ruled England as well.

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings by Amy Ruth Kelly
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She was hard as nails! And her eldest surviving son was Richard the Lionheart. See The Lion in Winter if you get the chance. Katherine Hepburn plays Eleanor and she's fantastic.

Elizabeth & Georgiana: The Duke of Devonshire and His Two Duchesses by Caroline Chapman
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Elizabeth and Georgiana - they had a really weird set up. Georgiana was married to the Duke of Devonshire. Elizabeth was her best friend and the Duke's mistress. Read it to find out how that works.

The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell
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Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah. Their lives are probably more fun to read about than they were to live.

The Secret Life of Aphra Behn by Janet Todd
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In the sixteenth century, she wrote 'The Rover', one of my favorite plays. She was also a spy.

Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
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Marie Antoinette never said 'Let them eat cake'. The paparazzi was just as harsh then as now. And she had a really weird marriage. Book's a bit fuzzy on what caused the revolution

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