Andrea Zuvich (b. 1985) is an independent seventeenth-century historian and anthropologist specialising in the House of Stuart (1603-1714). Zuvich obtained degrees in History and Anthropology at the University of Central Florida and is the host of the popular ‘The Seventeenth Century Lady’ blog. An active user of Twitter since 2009 (as @17thCenturyLady) she created the well-received #StuartsSaturday hashtag.

Zuvich is also a historical consultant for TV, film, and radio (NTR Netherlands, BBC productions, BBC Radio 4). She most recently appeared in BBC Four’s ‘Charles I: Downfall of a King’. She has been a frequent contributor to various history magazines and has written for The Huffington Post UK, History Scotland, BBC History Extra, All About History, Britannia Magazine, and History of Royals.

Her historical fiction includes His Last Mistress: The Duke of Monmouth and Lady Henrietta Wentworth, and The Stuart Vampire: A Gothic Novel.

She was one of the original developers of and leaders on the award-winning Garden History Tours at Kensington Palace and has written six books about the Stuart period, including A Year in the Life of Stuart Britain and The Stuarts in 100 Facts. Zuvich is also a trained actress and professional voice-over artist, narrating audiobooks and providing voice work in several mobile apps.

Philadelphia-born Zuvich has lived in a wide variety of locations throughout the world and now resides in England with her British husband and their family. She enjoys other pursuits such as cooking, visiting historical sites, singing opera, homeschooling, reading, and amassing a large collection of seventeenth-century paraphernalia.

Please visit her site at www.17thcenturylady.com