Leanda de Lisle

Leanda de Lisle is a historian, journalist and author. Her books include Tudor: The Family Story (Vintage, 2014) and White King: Charles I – Traitor, Murderer, Martyr (Chatto & Windus, 2018).

Historian Leanda de Lisle photographed at her home with her dog Millie

Leanda de Lisle“Henrietta Maria has been looked at far too much through the male gaze”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I

Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of King Charles I

Your guide to King Charles I, the deposed monarch who lost his head

Why Charles I had to die