Andrea Zuvich (born September 1985) is an American historian, historical consultant, and author of historical fiction. She specialises in the

House of Stuart The House of Stuart, originally spelt Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the office of High Steward of Scotland, which had been held by the family progenitor Walter fi ...

during the latter half of the 17th-century. Zuvich is the founder of the website The Seventeenth Century Lady and is one of th
most-followed historians on Twitter

Biography

She was educated in both History and Anthropology at the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

. In 2013, Endeavour Press published Zuvich's debut, His Last Mistress, a biographical fiction novel about the

Duke of Monmouth Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked ...

's last and most important relationship. In 2014, she was on

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

's Woman's Hour, discussing the importance of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch. Zuvich was one of the original developers of the award-winning Garden History Tours at

Kensington Palace Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British royal family since the 17th century, and is currently the official L ...

. Besides publishing two historical fiction novels and one history book, Zuvich has also contributed a novella, "The Chambermaid" in the ''Steel and Lace Anthology''. She has also written articles, including "The Allure of the Royal Mistress" for The Huffington Post UK, and "Five Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About The Stuarts" for ''History Scotland''. Zuvich is married and lives in

Bolsover Bolsover is a market town and the administrative centre of the Bolsover (borough), Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is from London, from Sheffield, from Nottingham and from Derby, Derbyshire, Derby. It is the main town in the Bols ...

, Derbyshire.

Published works

Non fiction

* ''The Stuarts in 100 Facts''. Amberley Publishing, Stroud, 2015. * ''A Year in the Life of Stuart Britain'', Amberley Publishing, Stroud. Expected release 2016.

Fiction

* ''His Last Mistress: The Duke of Monmouth and Lady Henrietta Wentworth''. London, Endeavour Press * ''The Stuart Vampire: A Gothic Novel''. London, The Seventeenth Century Lady. ASIN B00GBN90O2

References

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