Philippa Gregory has spent her career bringing history vividly to life. Best known for The Other Boleyn Girl and her many other million copy bestselling novels about the Tudor court and beyond, she’s a master of blending rich historical detail with gripping storytelling. But what makes her books so beloved is that they don’t just recreate the past – they reframe it, often from the perspective of women left out of traditional histories .

So which historical books has she loved as a reader? Here, Philippa Gregory shares her five favourites which have shaped her life and writing…

The Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer

“The greatest historical novelist in my opinion was Georgette Heyer. Her book on the Peninsular War, The Spanish Bride , is brilliant and I also adore her classic regenc

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