Benjamin Woolley

Benjamin Woolley is an author, media journalist and television presenter.

In 2018, he published The King's Assassin, about the affair between James VI and I and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. In its review, Kirkus reviews considered it a "perfect choice for readers who love English history, especially the Stuart period." In 2024, it formed the basis for Mary & George, a British historical drama miniseries created by D. C. Moore starring Julianne Moore.

Biography

Woolley studied philosophy and politics at Durham University, graduating in 1979. Woolley currently teaches English literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Books

• Woolley, Benjamin (17 July 2018). The King's Assassin: The Secret Plot to Murder King James I. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-250-12505-7.
• Woolley, Benjamin (2007). Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America (1st ed.). New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-009056-2. OCLC 122571096. LCC F234.J3 W66 2007.
• Woolley, Benjamin (2005) [2004]. The Herbalist: Nicholas Culpeper and the Fight for Medical Freedom. London: Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0-00-712658-3. OCLC 61476864. LCC RS164.C89 W635 2004. (about Nicholas Culpeper)
• Woolley, Benjamin (2001). The Queen's Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee, Adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1st ed.). New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-6509-1. OCLC 45376415. (about John Dee)
• Woolley, Benjamin (2002) [1999]. The Bride of Science: Romance, Reason, and Byron's Daughter. New York : London: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-138860-3. OCLC 59421218. (about Ada Lovelace)
• Woolley, Benjamin (1993) [1992]. Virtual Worlds: A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-015439-9. OCLC 475636749. LCC BD331 .W866 1992.

TV programmes

Woolley presented Games Britannia, a documentary on the painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump for BBC Four, and an episode of The Late Show, Libraries and Civilization. Together with Martyn Ives, David H. Levy, and David Taylor, Woolley won a 1998 News & Documentary Emmy Award in the "Individual Achievement in a Craft, Writer" category for the script of the documentary 3 Minutes to Impact produced by York Films for the Discovery Channel.

References

External links

• BenWoolley.com Authors Page

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