Lauren Johnson

Lauren Johnson is a British historian and author who specialises in the late medieval period, particularly the fifteenth century. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written and consulted on historical projects for television and other media. Her work combines rigorous scholarship with vivid, accessible narrative. Margaret Beaufort is her biography of one of the most powerful and influential women in English history — the mother of Henry VII, grandmother of Henry VIII and the woman who, through decades of political calculation and unwavering determination, placed the Tudor dynasty on the English throne. Johnson's biography rescues Margaret from the shadow of her more famous descendants to reveal a formidable figure in her own right. Available as both a book and an audiobook, Margaret Beaufort offers compelling listening and reading for history enthusiasts and anyone who wants to understand the extraordinary woman behind the Tudor dynasty.