covers the Welsh land-owning magnate William Brereton, who was unjustly condemned to death in 1536 on the false charge of being Anne Boleyn's lover. In 2000 the University of Birmingham Press published The First Civic University: Birmingham, 1880–1980 – An Introductory History, which he co-wrote with Diane K. Drummond and Leonard Schwarz. Awards In 2001 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours in recognition of his services to history. Works Letters & Accounts of William Brereton (1976) God in History (1979) Faction in Tudor England (1979) The Common Lawyers of Pre-Reformation England (1983) Anne Boleyn (1986), revised as The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (2004) Henry VIII (Very Important People Series) (2007) Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery (2009) The Reformation Experience: Living Through the Turbulent 16th Century (2012) References External links Overview of publications at pubhist.com, archived in March 2012 The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (2004), reviewed by Diarmaid MacCulloch for The Telegraph, 16 July 2004 Obituary, BBC History Magazine Obituary, The Telegraph Obituary, The Guardian 1931 births British historians Historians of the British Isles People educated at Brentwood School, Essex Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Officers of the Order of the British Empire Royal Air Force officers Academics of the University of Birmingham Academics of the University of Liverpool 2012 deaths 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel