Biography

Anne Somerset was born in England in 1955, and was educated in London

London

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, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

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, and Kent

Kent

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. She read history

History

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 at King's College, London, and began her professional career as a research assistant to several historians. She published her own first book in 1980; it was a popular biography

Biography

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 of King William IV, which was reprinted in 1993. She has gone on to write four further works, all focused on English history, mainly in the Tudor

Tudor period

The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII...

 and Stuart period

Stuart period

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Major works

• The Life and Times of King William IV, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd is a British publisher of fiction and reference books. It is a division of the Orion Publishing Group.-History:...
  
   1980, ISBN 0297832255.
• Elizabeth I, London, St. Martin's Press
  St. Martin's Press
  St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
  
   1992, ISBN 0312081839.
• Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd is a British publisher of fiction and reference books. It is a division of the Orion Publishing Group.-History:...
  
   1997, ISBN 0297813102.
• The Affair of the Poisons, London, St. Martin's Press
  St. Martin's Press
  St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
  
   2004, ISBN 0312330170.
• Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day, London, Sterling Publishing
  Sterling Publishing
  Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of nonfiction titles, with more than 5,000 books in print. Founded in 1949, it publishes a wide range of nonfiction and illustrated titles in categories which include art, biography/autobiography, body/mind/spirit, crafts, culinary, do-it-yourself,...
  
  2005, ISBN 0753819872.