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Sophie Shorland

Sophie Shorland has a PhD in early modern English literature and is a former research fellow at the University of Warwick. She was a semi-finalist in the BBC's New Generation Thinkers competition, and her biography of Catherine de Braganza, The Lost Queen, is also available from Pegasus Books.

Stories from Sophie Shorland

In a 1574 letter to Elizabeth I, Ivan the Terrible wrote, “If you wish for more amity and friendship from us, ponder upon that subject and do that business by which you may increase our amity toward you.”

Ivan the Terrible Wanted to Marry Elizabeth I. How Did England’s ‘Virgin Queen’ Reject the Russian Czar Without Souring Trade Relations?

A new book details the Russian ruler’s failed courtship of the Tudor queen, who famously remained unmarried during her nearly 45-year reign