David Loades is one of the leading historians of the Tudor monarchy. He is the author of the definitive biography of Elizabeth's half-sister, Mary Tudor: A Life (1989) and of The Tudor Court (second edition, 2003). He is Honorary Research Professor at the University of Sheffield and Director of the British Academy John Foxe Project.

Prof. Loades has established himself as an expert on Tudor history

• 1. The queen as trophy: Catherine de Valois; 2. The queen as dominatrix: Margaret of Anjou; 3. The queen as lover: Elizabeth Woodville; 4. The queen as helpmate: Elizabeth of York; 5. The queen as foreign ally: Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves; 6. The domestic queens: Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr; 7. The queen as whore: Catherine Howard; 8. The queens who never were: Jane Grey and Mary Stuart; 9. The married sovereign: Mary I; 10. The unmarried sovereign: Elizabeth I; Epilogue: Queens since 1603.

David Loades is one of the leading historians of the Tudor monarchy. He is the author of the definitive biography of Elizabeth's half-sister, Mary Tudor: A Life (1989) and of The Tudor Court (second edition, 2003). He is Honorary Research Professor at the University of Sheffield and Director of the British Academy John Foxe Project.

Prof. Loades has established himself as an expert on Tudor history

• 1. The queen as trophy: Catherine de Valois; 2. The queen as dominatrix: Margaret of Anjou; 3. The queen as lover: Elizabeth Woodville; 4. The queen as helpmate: Elizabeth of York; 5. The queen as foreign ally: Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves; 6. The domestic queens: Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr; 7. The queen as whore: Catherine Howard; 8. The queens who never were: Jane Grey and Mary Stuart; 9. The married sovereign: Mary I; 10. The unmarried sovereign: Elizabeth I; Epilogue: Queens since 1603.