Sarah Gristwood

Sarah Gristwood is an English journalist and author. ^[1] She was born in Kent, grew up in Dover ^[2] and was educated at St Anne's College, Oxford. ^[1]

As a journalist she has written for a number of British papers, including The Times , The Guardian and the Telegraph . ^[3] She has written historical biographies as well as fiction, and has contributed to television documentaries. ^[3]

Gristwood's historical biography, Arbella: England's Lost Queen is about Lady Arbella Stuart, an English noblewoman who was considered a possible successor to Elizabeth I. In a review in The Times, Kevin Sharpe wrote, "Sarah Gristwood presents a powerful story of the dynastic insecurity of the Tudors and Stuarts, and of the vulnerability of Elizabeth and James to foreign and domestic intrigues." ^[4] Sarah Gristwood accepted the invitation of the Royal Stuart Society, on the occasion of the Quatercentenary of the death of Arbella, to give a Lecture with the title: Lady Arbella Stuart – England’s Lost Queen?

Her book, Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe, focuses on five queens: Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, Mary I of England, Elizabeth I, and Mary, Queen of Scots. ^[5]

She has appeared in the movie Venice/Venice (1992), and as herself in the television series Stars of the Silver Screen (2011) and Discovering Fashion: The Designers (2015). ^[6]

Gristwood was married to the film critic Derek Malcolm from 1994 until his death in 2023. ^{[7] [8]}

Bibliography

• Perdita: Royal Mistress, Writer, Romantic (2005). Bantam. ISBN   9780593052082
• Arbella: England's Lost Queen (2005). Houghton Mifflin. ISBN   9780618341337
• Bird of Paradise: The Colourful Career of the First Mrs Robinson (2007). Bantam. ISBN   9780553816174
• Elizabeth and Leicester: The Truth about the Virgin Queen and the Man She Loved (2008). Penguin Books. ISBN   9780143114499
• The Ring and the Crown: A History of Royal Weddings (2011). Hutchinson. ISBN   9780091943776
• Breakfast at Tiffany's Companion: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion (2011). Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN   9780847836710
• The Girl in the Mirror (2012). William Collins. ISBN   9780007379057
• Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses (2012). Harper Press. ISBN   9780007309290
• Fabulous Frocks (2013). Pavilion. ISBN   9781909108264
• Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe (2016). Basic Books. ISBN   9780465096787
• The Story of Beatrix Potter (2016) United Kingdom: Pavilion Books. ISBN   9781909881808
• Elizabeth: Queen and Crown (2017). Pavilion. ISBN   9781911595076
• The Queen's Mary: In the Shadows of Power... (2018). Sharpe Books.
• Vita & Virginia: The Lives and Love of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West (2018). National Trust. ISBN   9781911358381
• The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty (2021). Oneworld Publications. ISBN   9780861543748

References

1. "Sarah Gristwood". HarperCollins. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
2. Cabinet of Curiosities: Taxidermy by Sarah Gristwood Retrieved 23/4/21.
3. "Sarah Gristwood" . Retrieved 16 February 2018.
4. Sharpe, Kevin (2 February 2003). "Review: Biography: Arbella, England's Lost Queen by Sarah Gristwood". The Sunday times. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
5. Dunant, Sarah (2 December 2016). "Women of Thrones". New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
6. "Sarah Gristwood". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
7. "Skeletons in the Closet". Evening Standard. 6 March 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
8. Shoard, Catherine (16 July 2023). "Derek Malcolm, longtime Guardian film critic, dies aged 91". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

External links

• Sarah Gristwood at IMDb
• "Sarah Gristwood". Sarah Gristwood website
• "Sarah Gristwood Interview". Daily Mail History Hub. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.