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Helen Ruth Castor FRSL Tudor period and a BBC broadcaster. She taught history at the University of Cambridge and is the author of books including Blood and Roses She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth (2010). Programmes she has presented include BBC Radio 4 's Making History and She-Wolves on BBC Four .
Early life and education [ edit ]
Helen Castor was born in Cambridge and attended The King's High School for Girls , Warwick , from 1979 to 1986,[1] Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge . Her doctoral thesis was titled "The Duchy of Lancaster in the Lancastrian polity, 1399-1461".[2] Jesus College .
She was a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College for eight years,[3] [4] [5]
Castor was Director of Studies in History at Sidney Sussex College for eight years before focusing on writing and media.[1] [4] [5]
Broadcasting [ edit ]
Castor has worked extensively for the BBC including presenting Radio 4 's Making History and She-Wolves on BBC Four .[6] Christmas University Challenge
Literary review [ edit ]
She has written for the books pages of The Guardian Sunday Telegraph Sunday Times The Times Literary Supplement The Times Educational Supplement 2022 Booker Prize .[7]
Writing [ edit ]
Castor's book Blood and Roses Paston family , whose letters are the earliest-surviving collection of private correspondence in the English language. Blood and Roses was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction in 2005.[8] English Association in 2006.[9]
She-Wolves (2010) was voted one of the books of the year in the Guardian , Times , Sunday Times , Independent , Financial Times and BBC History Magazine .[10] [11] [12] [13]
Castor wrote the volume on Elizabeth I for the series Penguin Monarchs, Elizabeth I: A Study in Insecurity , published in 2018.[14]
Castor was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2017.[15] [16]
The Booker Prize [ edit ]
In 2022 Castor was chosen alongside four other 'superb readers' to judge the 2022 Booker Prize competition for best novel of the year.[17] Shahidha Bari , novelist and critic M. John Harrison , novelist and poet Alain Mabanckou , and cultural historian, writer, broadcaster and panel chair Neil MacGregor selected The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka .[18] [19]
Personal life [ edit ]
Castor lives in London with her son.[20] [21]
The King, the Crown, and the Duchy of Lancaster: Public Authority and Private Power, 1399–1461 (2000) Oxford University Press ISBN 0198206224
Blood and Roses : One Family's Struggle and Triumph During the Tumultuous Wars of the RosesFaber and Faber [22]
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth (2010) Faber and Faber[22]
Joan of Arc: A History (2014) Faber and Faber [22]
Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs): A Study in Insecurity (2018) Penguin[14]
Television [ edit ]
A Renaissance Education: The Schooling of Thomas More's Daughter (2011) BBC Four
She-Wolves: England's Early Queens (2012) BBC Four
Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage and Death (2013) BBC Four
Joan of Arc: God's Warrior (2015) BBC Two
The Real Versailles (2016) BBC Two [23]
Women Sex and Society: A Timewatch Guide (2016) BBC Four
England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey (2018) BBC Four
References [ edit ]
^ "Dr Helen Castor" . Sidney Sussex College . University of Cambridge. Retrieved 21 January 2023 .
^ a b "Profile at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge" . Archived from the original on 23 May 2012.
^ a b Personal Website. Archived 2018-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "helencastor.com | Nanomaterials, Chemical Products, Bearings Industry, Super material, Water-based Zinc Stearate articles and news" . helencastor.com . Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
^ "Booker Prize 2022: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins with supernatural satire" . BBC News . 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022 .
^ Pauli, Michelle (20 April 2005). "Samuel Johnson longlist celebrates variety" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2018 .
^ "Beatrice White Prize - Previous Winners" . English Association Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018 .
^ "Books of the year" Archived 2017-04-06 at the Wayback Machine 25 November 2011 The Guardian
^ "helencastor.com | Nanomaterials, Chemical Products, Bearings Industry, Super material, Water-based Zinc Stearate articles and news" . helencastor.com . Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
^ "BBC Four - She-Wolves: England's Early Queens, Matilda and Eleanor" . BBC . Archived from the original on 12 March 2012.
^ History Today Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine 16 June 2011, "Interview: Helen Castor"
^ a b Castor, Helen (4 July 2019). Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)
^ Onwuemezi, Natasha. "Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows" Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine , The Bookseller
^ "Current RSL Fellows" . Royal Society of Literature. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017 .
^ "Helen Castor | The Booker Prizes" . thebookerprizes.com . Retrieved 22 October 2022 .
^ "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" . thebookerprizes.com . The Booker Prizes. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022 .
^ "The Booker Prize winner has been announced" . The Independent . 17 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022 .
^ "Helen Castor | Authors | Faber & Faber" . faber.co.uk .
^ "Helen Castor Interview - Writewords.org.uk" . writewords.org.uk .
^ a b c "Helen Castor" . Faber . Archived from the original on 14 June 2011.
^ "The Real Versailles – BBC Two" . BBC . Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016 .
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