John Alexander Guy FRHistS[1] (born 16 January 1949) is a British historian and biographer specialising in the early modern period.
He was educated at King Edward VII School in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he read history, achieving a First in 1970.
Guy specializes in the history of Tudor England and has written extensively on the subject including juvenile books.
Guy's style is one of re-assessment and evaluation; his works often involve him re-telling and re-evaluating history from a novel viewpoint.
He is married to author Julia Fox, a former history teacher, who wrote Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford.