Helen Castor
Helen Castor | |
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Castor in 2015 | |
| Born | Helen Ruth Castor 4 August 1968 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author and broadcaster |
| Awards | Beatrice White Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Education | The King's High School for Girls |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Thesis | The Duchy of Lancaster in the Lancastrian polity, 1399-1461 (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Christine Carpenter |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Jesus College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
| Notable works | Blood and Roses |
Helen Ruth Castor FRSL (born 4 August 1968) is a British historian of the medieval and Tudor period and a BBC broadcaster. She taught history at the University of Cambridge and is the author of books including Blood and Roses (2004) and She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth (2010). Programmes she has presented include BBC Radio 4's Making History and She-Wolves on BBC Four. Her most recent book is The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV (2024).