Perpetual Challenge: Kings and Queens

This is not an "official" challenge I'm participating in. It's a project of my own. The goal: to read at least one book per "king" or "queen" of England. Fiction or nonfiction. Books covering multiple kings and/or queens count as well. As do general "history of England" or "history of Britain" books. But listed separately.

For a listing of earlier kings see here and here. I am listing the years of their reigns--not their birth/death dates. Perhaps of interest: a list of English consorts. I'll be updating this list with links as time permits!

William I (William the Conqueror), 1066-1087

• The Bastard King. Jean Plaidy. 1974. Fawcett Crest. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• The Norman Conquest. Janice Hamilton. 2007. Twenty-First Century Books. 160 pages. [Source: Library]  
• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]

William II (William Rufus) 1087-1100

• The King's Arrow. Michael Cadnum.
• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]

Henry I (Henry Beauclerc) 1100-1135

• The Lion of Justice. Jean Plaidy. 1975. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]

Stephen (Stephen of Blois) 1135-1154

• The Passionate Enemies. Jean Plaidy. 1976. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• Lady of the English. Elizabeth Chadwick. 2011. Sourcebooks. 544 pages. [Source: Library] 
• When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]

Henry II (Henry Curtmantle) 1154-1189

• The Courts of Love. Jean Plaidy. 1987. Broadway Books. 576 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• The Revolt of the Eaglets. Jean Plaidy. 1977. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]

Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) 1189-1199

• Passionate Brood: A Novel of Richard the Lionheart and the Man Who Became Robin Hood. Margaret Campbell Barnes. 1944/2010. Sourcebooks. 368 pages. 
• Scarlet. A.C. Gaughen. 2012. Walker. 292 pages. [Source: Library]
• Lady Thief. A.C. Gaughen. 2014. Walker Books. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]

John (John Lackland or Jean sans Terre) 1199-1216

• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library] 
• Here Be Dragons. Sharon Kay Penman. 1985. 704 pages. [Source: Borrowed]

Henry III (Henry of Winchester) 1216-1272

• The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets #2). Thomas B. Costain. 1951. 324 pages. [Source: Library]

Edward I (Longshanks) 1272-1307

• The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets #3) Thomas B. Costain. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Library]

Edward II (Edward of Caernarfon) 1307-1327

• The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham. 2009. Sourcebooks. 500 pages. *might cover more than one Edward, I believe it does. 
• The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets #3) Thomas B. Costain. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Library]

Edward III (1327-1377)

• The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets #3) Thomas B. Costain. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Library]

Richard II (1377-1399)

• Within the Hollow Crown. Margaret Campbell Barnes. 1948/2010. SourceBooks. 368 pages.

Henry IV (Bolinbroke) 1399-1413
Henry V 1413-1422
Henry VI 1422-1461; 1470-1471
Edward IV 1461-1470; 1471-1483
Edward V 1483
Richard III 1483-1485
Henry VII 1485-1509

• The White Princess. Philippa Gregory. 2013. Simon & Schuster. 544 pages. [Source: Review Copy]   
• Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]

Henry VIII 1509-1547

• My Lady of Cleves by Margaret Campbell Barnes 
• King's Fool by Margaret Campbell Barnes
• Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]

Edward VI 1547-1553

• Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]

Mary I 1553-1558

• Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]

Elizabeth 1558-1603

• The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabeth England. Ian Mortimer. 2013. Viking. 416 pages. [Source: Library]
• Young Bess by Margaret Irwin
•  Elizabeth Captive Princess by Margaret Irwin
• Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain. Margaret Irwin.  
• Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library] 
• Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. John Guy. 2004. 608 pages. [Source: Library]

James I 1603-1625
Charles I 1625-1649
Charles II 1660-1685

• The Merry Monarch's Wife. (A Queens of England Novel). Jean Plaidy. 1991/2008. Crown. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]

James II 1685-1688
Mary II 1689-1694
William III 1689-1702
Anne 1702-1714
George I 1714-1727

• The Princess of Celle. Jean Plaidy. 1967/1985. Ballantine. 400 pages. [Source: Bought]

George II 1727-1760

• Caroline the Queen. Jean Plaidy. 1968. 415 pages. [Source: Library] 
• The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley. 2010. Walker. 432 pages [Source: Bought]

George III 1760-1820

• Royal Affair: George III And His Scandalous Siblings. 2006. Random House. 384 pages. [Source: Library] 
• The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley. 2010. Walker. 432 pages [Source: Bought]

George IV 1820-1830 (Regent from 1811 on)

• The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline. Flora Fraser. 1996/2009. Anchor Books. 560 pages. [Source: Library]
• Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of the Original People's Princess. James Chambers. 2007. 256 pages.

William IV 1830-1837

• Duchess of Drury Lane. Freda Lightfoot. 2013. Severn House. 256 pages. [Source: Library]

Victoria 1837-1901
Edward VII 1901-1910

• The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, The Playboy Prince. Jane Ridley. 2013. Random House. 752 pages. [Source: Library]

George V 1910-1936
Edward VIII 1936
George VI 1936-1952
Elizabeth II 1952-present

Others:
Matilda (Empress Matilda) 1141

• The Passionate Enemies. Jean Plaidy. 1976. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• Lady of the English. Elizabeth Chadwick. 2011. Sourcebooks. 544 pages. [Source: Library]  
• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]

Henry the Young King (co-ruled with father) 1170-1183
Louis The Lion (Louis VIII of France) 1216-1217
Jane Grey July 10-19th 1553
Philip (Mary's husband) 1554-1558
Oliver Cromwell 1653-1658
Richard Cromwell 1658-1659

Mary Queen of Scots

• Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. John Guy. 2004. 608 pages. [Source: Library]

General Resources Covering Multiple Kings and Queens:

• Our Island Story. H.E. Marshall. 1905/? 512 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• Great Tales from English History, vol. 1. Robert Lacey. 2003. Little, Brown. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
• Great Tales From English History, vol. 2. Robert Lacey. 2004. Little, Brown. 288 pages. [Source: Library]  
• Great Tales from English History, volume 3. Robert Lacey. 2008. Little, Brown. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Story of Britain. Rebecca Fraser. 2003. Norton. 828 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Story of Britain From the Norman Conquest to the European Union by Patrick Dillon. 
• 1066 And All That. W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman. 1931/1993. Barnes & Noble. 116 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Birth of Britain (History of the English Speaking People #1). Winston Churchill. 1956. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]
• History of England. Jane Austen. 1977. 64 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
• A Child's History of England. Charles Dickens. 1851-1853.  390 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
• Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library] 
• The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets #3) Thomas B. Costain. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Library]

Wars of the Roses (Henry VI through Battle of Bosworth Field)

• The Daughter of Time by Josephine They
• The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
• The Tudor Rose: A Novel of Elizabeth of York by Margaret Campbell Barnes
• Richard III by William Shakespeare (boo, hiss)
• The Stolen Crown by Susan Higginbotham
• Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
• The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
• The Kingmaker's Daughter by Phillipa Gregory
• The Lady of The Rivers by Philippa Gregory
• Rose of York: Love & War by Sandra Worth
• A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir (boo, hiss)
• Royal Mistress. Anne Easter Smith. 2013. Simon & Schuster. 489 pages. [Source: Review Copy]

Earlier history -- before William the Conqueror

• Alfred the Great. Justin Pollard. 2005. John Murray. 368 pages. [Source: Library] 
• Queen Emma and the Vikings. Harriet O'Brien. 2005. Bloomsbury. 288 pages. [Source: Library] 
• The Norman Conquest. Janice Hamilton. 2007. Twenty-First Century Books. 160 pages. [Source: Library] 
• Cymbeline. William Shakespeare. circa 1611. [Source: Bought]

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