Tracy Borman

Tracy Borman (born 1 January 1972)[1] is a historian and author from Scothern, Lincolnshire, England. She is most widely known as the author of Elizabeth's Women, a portrait-gallery of the powerful women who influenced Queen Elizabeth I.

Borman was born and brought up in the village of Scothern, near Lincoln. She was educated at Scothern Primary School (now Ellison Boulters Academy), William Farr School, Welton, and Yarborough School (now Lincoln Castle Academy), Lincoln.[2] She taught history at the University of Hull, where she was awarded a Ph.D in 1997.[2]

Elizabeth's Women was serialised and became a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2009.[3] Borman appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, also in September 2009.[4]

In 2013 she was appointed Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces alongside Lucy Worsley.[5]

She and her husband, whom she married at the Tower of London, live in New Malden, south-west London.[6]

Published works
  • Henrietta Howard: King's Mistress, Queen's Servant (2007)
  • Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen (2010)
  • Matilda: Queen of the Conqueror (2011)
  • The Ring and the Crown: A History of Royal Weddings 1066–2011 (with Alison Weir, Kate Williams and Sarah Gristwood) (2011) ISBN 978-0-09-194377-6
  • Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction (2013)
  • Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant (2015)[7]
  • The Private Lives of the Tudors (2016)
  • Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him (2019)

References
  1. "Borman, Tracy". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 29 November 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. Chapman, Kate (January 2014). "In time with the Tudors…". Lincolnshire Life. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. "Tracy Borman: Elizabeth's Women". Book of the Week. BBC Radio 4. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  4. "Elizabeth I's attitude to women". Woman's Hour. BBC Radio 4. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. "Biography". Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. Hancock, Alice (18 August 2016). "My favourite antique: Tracy Borman". Homes & Antiques. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  7. See review in "The Economist"
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