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Sarah Gristwood is an English journalist and author. [1] She was born in Kent, grew up in Dover [2] and educated at St Anne's College, Oxford. [1]

As a journalist she has written for a number of British papers, including The Times, The Guardian and the Telegraph. [3] She has written historical biographies as well as fiction, and has contributed to television documentaries. [3]

Gristwood's historical biography, Arbella: England's Lost Queen is about Lady Arbella Stuart, an English noblewoman who was considered a possible successor to Elizabeth I. In a review in The Times, Kevin Sharpe wrote, "Sarah Gristwood presents a powerful story of the dynastic insecurity of the Tudors and Stuarts, and of the vulnerability of Elizabeth and James to foreign and domestic intrigues." [4] Sarah Gristwood accepted the invitation of the Royal Stuart Society, on the occasion of the Quatercentenary of the death of Arbella, to give a Lecture with the title: Lady Arbella Stuart – England’s Lost Queen?

Her book, Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe, focuses on five queens: Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, Mary I of England, Elizabeth I, and Mary, Queen of Scots. [5]

She has appeared in the movie Venice/Venice (1992), and as herself in the television series Stars of the Silver Screen (2011) and Discovering Fashion: The Designers (2015). [6]

Gristwood was married to the film critic Derek Malcolm from 1994 until his death in 2023. [7] [8]

Bibliography

  • Perdita: Royal Mistress, Writer, Romantic (2005). Bantam. ISBN  9780593052082
  • Arbella: England's Lost Queen (2005). Houghton Mifflin. ISBN  9780618341337
  • Bird of Paradise: The Colourful Career of the First Mrs Robinson (2007). Bantam. ISBN  9780553816174
  • Elizabeth and Leicester: The Truth about the Virgin Queen and the Man She Loved (2008). Penguin Books. ISBN  9780143114499
  • The Ring and the Crown: A History of Royal Weddings (2011). Hutchinson. ISBN  9780091943776
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's Companion: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion (2011). Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN  9780847836710
  • The Girl in the Mirror (2012). William Collins. ISBN  9780007379057
  • Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses (2012). Harper Press. ISBN  9780007309290
  • Fabulous Frocks (2013). Pavilion. ISBN  9781909108264
  • Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe (2016). Basic Books. ISBN  9780465096787
  • The Story of Beatrix Potter (2016) United Kingdom: Pavilion Books. ISBN  9781909881808
  • Elizabeth: Queen and Crown (2017). Pavilion. ISBN  9781911595076
  • The Queen's Mary: In the Shadows of Power... (2018). Sharpe Books.
  • Vita & Virginia: The Lives and Love of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West (2018). National Trust. ISBN  9781911358381
  • The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty (2021). Oneworld Publications. ISBN  9780861543748

References

  1. ^ a b "Sarah Gristwood". HarperCollins. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ Cabinet of Curiosities: Taxidermy by Sarah Gristwood Retrieved 23/4/21.
  3. ^ a b "Sarah Gristwood". Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ Sharpe, Kevin (2 February 2003). "Review: Biography: Arbella, England's Lost Queen by Sarah Gristwood". The Sunday times. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ Dunant, Sarah (2 December 2016). "Women of Thrones". New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Sarah Gristwood". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Skeletons in the Closet". Evening Standard. 6 March 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ^ Shoard, Catherine (16 July 2023). "Derek Malcolm, longtime Guardian film critic, dies aged 91". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sarah Gristwood is an English journalist and author. [1] She was born in Kent, grew up in Dover [2] and educated at St Anne's College, Oxford. [1]

As a journalist she has written for a number of British papers, including The Times, The Guardian and the Telegraph. [3] She has written historical biographies as well as fiction, and has contributed to television documentaries. [3]

Gristwood's historical biography, Arbella: England's Lost Queen is about Lady Arbella Stuart, an English noblewoman who was considered a possible successor to Elizabeth I. In a review in The Times, Kevin Sharpe wrote, "Sarah Gristwood presents a powerful story of the dynastic insecurity of the Tudors and Stuarts, and of the vulnerability of Elizabeth and James to foreign and domestic intrigues." [4] Sarah Gristwood accepted the invitation of the Royal Stuart Society, on the occasion of the Quatercentenary of the death of Arbella, to give a Lecture with the title: Lady Arbella Stuart – England’s Lost Queen?

Her book, Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe, focuses on five queens: Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, Mary I of England, Elizabeth I, and Mary, Queen of Scots. [5]

She has appeared in the movie Venice/Venice (1992), and as herself in the television series Stars of the Silver Screen (2011) and Discovering Fashion: The Designers (2015). [6]

Gristwood was married to the film critic Derek Malcolm from 1994 until his death in 2023. [7] [8]

Bibliography

  • Perdita: Royal Mistress, Writer, Romantic (2005). Bantam. ISBN  9780593052082
  • Arbella: England's Lost Queen (2005). Houghton Mifflin. ISBN  9780618341337
  • Bird of Paradise: The Colourful Career of the First Mrs Robinson (2007). Bantam. ISBN  9780553816174
  • Elizabeth and Leicester: The Truth about the Virgin Queen and the Man She Loved (2008). Penguin Books. ISBN  9780143114499
  • The Ring and the Crown: A History of Royal Weddings (2011). Hutchinson. ISBN  9780091943776
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's Companion: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion (2011). Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN  9780847836710
  • The Girl in the Mirror (2012). William Collins. ISBN  9780007379057
  • Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses (2012). Harper Press. ISBN  9780007309290
  • Fabulous Frocks (2013). Pavilion. ISBN  9781909108264
  • Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe (2016). Basic Books. ISBN  9780465096787
  • The Story of Beatrix Potter (2016) United Kingdom: Pavilion Books. ISBN  9781909881808
  • Elizabeth: Queen and Crown (2017). Pavilion. ISBN  9781911595076
  • The Queen's Mary: In the Shadows of Power... (2018). Sharpe Books.
  • Vita & Virginia: The Lives and Love of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West (2018). National Trust. ISBN  9781911358381
  • The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty (2021). Oneworld Publications. ISBN  9780861543748

References

  1. ^ a b "Sarah Gristwood". HarperCollins. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ Cabinet of Curiosities: Taxidermy by Sarah Gristwood Retrieved 23/4/21.
  3. ^ a b "Sarah Gristwood". Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ Sharpe, Kevin (2 February 2003). "Review: Biography: Arbella, England's Lost Queen by Sarah Gristwood". The Sunday times. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ Dunant, Sarah (2 December 2016). "Women of Thrones". New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Sarah Gristwood". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Skeletons in the Closet". Evening Standard. 6 March 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ^ Shoard, Catherine (16 July 2023). "Derek Malcolm, longtime Guardian film critic, dies aged 91". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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