General
Simon Thurley, Hampton Court : a social and architectural history (New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2003).
Mark Girouard, Life in the English country house : a social and architectural history (Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1980).
Brian A. Harrison, The Tower of London prisoner book : a complete chronology of the persons known to have been detained at their majesties’ pleasure, 1100-1941 (Leeds : Royal Armouries, 2004).
Diane Purkiss, The English Civil War : a people’s history (London : Harper Perennial, 2007).
Simon Thurley, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England : architecture and court life, 1460-1547 (New Haven ; London : Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1993).
Food, dining and cooking
Philippa Glanville and Hilary Young, (eds.), Elegant Eating : four hundred years of dining in style (London : V&A Publications, 2002).
Brett Dolman, Susanne Groom et al., The taste of the fire : the story of the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace (Hampton Court Palace : Historic Royal Palaces, 2007).
A collection of ordinances and regulations for the government of the Royal Household, made in divers reigns, from King Edward III. to King William and Queen Mary. Also receipts in ancient cookery (London, 1790).
Dressing for court
Nigel Arch and Joanna Marschner Splendour at court : dressing for royal occasions since 1700 (London : Unwin Hyman, 1987).
Beatrice Behlen & Joanna Marschner, Diana : fashion & style (Andover : Jarrold Publishing, 2007).
