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Derek Wilson has been a writer of historical fiction and non-fiction for 50 years. His much acclaimed prize-winning works have largely centred on 16th and 17th century Europe. He has used various pen names for his fiction, his current Thomas Treviot Tudor crime series being written under the name D.K. Wilson. The first 2 books in this series - The First Horseman and The Traitor's Mark are based on real unsolved Tudor mysteries and have received enthusiastic plaudits. Readers have favourably compared this innovative series with the books of C.J. Sansom and S.J. Parris. Recent non-fiction triumphs include The Plantagenets, Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man, and Charlemagne: a Biography. Derek Wilson graduated from Cambridge and spent several years travelling and teaching in Africa before becoming a full-time writer and broadcaster in 1971. He has frequently written and appeared on radio and television and is popular as a public speaker having appeared at several literary festivals,British Museum, Hampton Court Palace, The British Library and other prestigious venues.
King, Reformer and Tyrant
2009
1989
2012
2003
The Ten Absolutely Worst Years in History
2011
2005
High and Low Life, 1558-1603
2014
Portrait of an Unknown Man
1997
Power, Ambition, and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII
2001
Women in the Reformation
2016
The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther
2007
2009
The Kings That Made Britain
2014
1996
A Story of Wealth and Power
1988
Courtier in an Age of Terror
2007
Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and charlatans
2017
A Biography of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester 1533-1588
1981
2020
Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1649
1999
1997
Sifting Fact from Fable
2019
2005
The Remarkable History of the King James Version
2010
The Kings That Made Britain
2011
How two women changed the religion of England
2018
1979
The Black Legend of the Dudleys
2004
Drake's Great Voyage 1577-1580
1977
2004
2010
2006