Historian

Writer

Broadcaster

Professor Anna Whitelock is a historian, author and broadcaster. She is Professor of the History of Monarchy at City, University of London.

Anna is an international media commentator on monarchy, public history and heritage, and the Tudors and Stuarts.

She is the Principal Investigator on a major AHRC project: The Visible Crown: Queen Elizabeth II in the Caribbean: 1952-present.

Published on 1st April 2025:

THE SUN RISING

In 1603 England was on the edge of crisis. Queen Elizabeth I had died, bringing the Tudor line to an end...

"A majestic, brilliant account of the birth of an empire. Spectacularly good"

PETER FRANKOPAN