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Tracy Joanne Borman (born 1 January 1972) 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.
In July 2022 Borman was made Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln.
Early life and education
Borman was born in 1972 in Lincoln, and brought up in the nearby village of Scothern. She was educated at Scothern Primary School (now Ellison Boulters Academy), William Farr School, Welton, and Yarborough School (now Lincoln Castle Academy), Lincoln. She studied and taught history at the University of Hull, where she was awarded a PhD in 1997.
Career
Elizabeth's Women was serialised and became a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2009. Borman appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, also in September 2009.
In 2013, she was appointed Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces alongside Lucy Worsley.
In 2021, Borman also authored an immersive audiovisual step inside a story walking tour for Kensington Gardens entitled Tales of a Mistress in the Georgian Court on the BARDEUM mobile app.
Honours
On 14 June 2024 Borman was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the King's Birthday Honours for services to heritage.
Personal life
She and her husband, whom she married at the Tower of London, live in New Malden, southwest London.
Published works
= Fiction
=The King's Witch (2018)
The Devil's Slave (2019)
The Fallen Angel (2020)
= Non-fiction
=Henrietta Howard: King's Mistress, Queen's Servant, Jonathan Cape and Vintage (2007)
Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen, Jonathan Cape and Vintage (2010)
Matilda: Queen of the Conqueror, Jonathan Cape and Vintage (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, Jonathan Cape and Vintage (2013)
The Story of the Tower of London, Merrell
Thomas Cromwell: The Hidden Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant. Hodder and Stoughton (2015)
The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty, Hodder and Stoughton (2016)
Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him, Hodder and Stoughton (2019)
Crown and Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, Hodder and Stoughton (2021)
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History, Hodder and Stoughton (2023)
References
External links
Personal website
Biography on Royal Historic Palaces official website
Tracy Borman at IMDb
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