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1536 has been favourably reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement (4 Sep. 2009) by Lucy Wooding! Download it here: TLS.jpg


Just back from a lecture tour in the States at East Coast universities including Georgetown, Fordham, and Salisbury.


22 Jan - Oxford University Society of Graduates, Wadham College


20 March - A Panorama of History, a Guardian holiday offer together with other historians


Email for more details of any of the above.

Welcome to the official website of historian Suzannah Lipscomb. Author of 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII. Research Curator at Hampton Court Palace.




‘A bold and original attempt to unravel one of the great mysteries of English history’

David Starkey


'Suzannah Lipscomb has achieved the near-impossible: she's found an intriguing new way of imagining the king we thought we all knew about.'

Lucy Worsley


‘At once both scholarly and a joy to read’

Thomas Betteridge

Welcome to the official website of historian Suzannah Lipscomb.




Here you’ll find details and reviews of her latest book,

1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII, news and information about upcoming events, more about Suzannah Lipscomb herself and ways to get in touch.