Margaret George

For other people named Margaret George, see Margaret George (disambiguation).
Margaret George
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
EducationTufts University (BA)
Stanford University (MA)
GenreHistorical
Notable worksThe Memoirs of Cleopatra
Mary, Called Magdalene

Margaret George (born 1943)[1] is an American historical novelist specializing in epic fictional biographies. She is known for her meticulous research and the large scale of her books.[2] She is the author of the bestselling novels The Autobiography of Henry VIII (1986), Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles (1992), The Memoirs of Cleopatra (1997), Mary, Called Magdalene (2002), Helen of Troy (2006), Elizabeth I (2011), The Confessions of Young Nero (2017), and The Splendor Before the Dark (2018).

Several of these novels were New York Times bestsellers[3][4][5][6] and the Cleopatra novel was made into an Emmy-nominated ABC-TV miniseries in 1999.[7][8][9] Altogether the novels have been published in 21 languages. She is ranked at the forefront of historical novelists writing today.[10]

Because of the detailed and accurate research behind her books, she has been a featured interviewee on A & E Biography (Henry VIII: Scandals of a King, 1996, and Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen, 1996) and a special on Alexandria (Cleopatra's World: Alexandria Revealed, 1999).[11] She has also spoken at the Folger Shakespeare Library,[12] Hampton Court[13][14] the Tower of London,[15] and twice at the Library of Congress's National Book Festival (2011, 2019).

In 2021, George authored an immersive audiovisual step inside a story tour for the Circus Maximus in Rome entitled The Charioteer on the BARDEUM mobile app.[16]

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  2. ^ " absorbing, meticulous cast-of- thousands epic"—Entertainment Weekly, 5/16/97 [1]
  3. ^ "Best Sellers". New York Times. May 25, 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2015
  4. ^ "Best Sellers". New York Times. July 7, 2002. Retrieved February 11, 2015
  5. ^ "Best Sellers". New York Times. September 3, 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2015
  6. ^ ""Best Sellers". New York Times. April 24, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2015
  7. ^ "Movies on NBC". Orlando Sentinel. January 14, 1999. Retrieved February 11, 2015
  8. ^ Leonard, John. "Indescribably Delicious: TV Review". New York Magazine. Retrieved February 11, 2015
  9. ^ Cleopatra (1999 film)
  10. ^ "The Top 10 Historical Fiction Authors". Washington Independent. Retrieved February 11, 2015
  11. ^ "Cleopatra's World: Alexandria Revealed".
  12. ^ "Past Seasons-Folger Shakespeare Library". Archived from the original on 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  13. ^ "The Henry VIII talks - Download free content from Historic Royal Palaces on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27.
  14. ^ "What's on".
  15. ^ http://hrp-members.org.uk/interface/external_view_email.php?J91014767267550605841652634 2914
  16. ^ "Margaret George". BARDEUM. Retrieved 2023-09-20.