About the Author

Alison Weir is the bestselling female historian (and the fifth-bestselling historian overall) in the United Kingdom, and has sold over 3 million books worldwide.She has published twenty history books, including her most recent non-fiction book, Queens of the Crusades, the second in her England's Medieval Queens quartet. Alison is also the author of twelve historical novels, including the highly acclaimed Six Tudor Queens series about the wives of Henry VIII, all of which were Sunday Times bestsellers.Alison is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an honorary life patron of Historic Royal Palaces.

Reviews

Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one elseWeir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life - Guardian