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Henry VIII: King and Court by Alison Weir
Category: History
This magnificent new book is Alison Weir's greatest achievement: a detailed biography of Henry VIII, set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most magnificent court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. Seen from this new perspective, ...Show more
Henry VIII - King and Court (MP3) by Alison Weir; Phyllida Nash (Read by)
Category: Audio
Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over the most stylish - and dangerous - court in Renaissance Europe. Scheming cardinals vied for power with newly rich landowners and merchants, brilliant painters and architects introduced a new splendor into art a ...Show more
Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir
Category: Fiction
The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller. Six wives. One King. You know their stories. Now it's time to hear his. In grand royal palaces, Prince Harry grows up dreaming of knights and chivalry - and the golden age of kings that awaits his older brother. But Arthur's untimely death sees Harry crowned King Henr ...Show more
In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court by Alison Weir
Category: Fiction
The complete SIX TUDOR QUEENS short-story collection by acclaimed historian and SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author, Alison Weir.'This brilliant series has brought Henry VIII's six wives to life as never before' TRACY BORMAN'Detailed, immaculately researched and convincing' THE TIMES'Lingers long after the ...Show more
In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court by Alison Weir
Category: Fiction
The complete SIX TUDOR QUEENS short-story collection by acclaimed historian and SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author, Alison Weir. 'This brilliant series has brought Henry VIII's six wives to life as never before' TRACY BORMAN 'Detailed, immaculately researched and convincing' THE TIMES 'Lingers long after t ...Show more
Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
Category: Fiction
Alison Weir, our pre-eminent popular historian, has now fulfilled a life's ambition to write historical fiction. She has chosen as her subject the bravest, most sympathetic and wronged heroine of Tudor England, Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger. Child of a scheming fat ...Show more
Innocent Traitor - A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
Category: Fiction
"Alison Weir, our pre-eminent popular historian, has now fulfilled a life's ambition to write historical fiction. She has chosen as her subject the bravest, most sympathetic and wronged heroine of Tudor England, Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger. Child of a scheming fa ...Show more
Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England by Alison Weir
Category: History
In Newgate Street, in the city of London, stand the meagre ruins of Christ Church. On the same site once stood a royal mausoleum set to rival Westminster Abbey in the fourteenth century. Among the many crowned heads buried there was Isabella of France, Edward II's queen - one of the most notorious femme ...Show more
Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen (#3 Six Tudor Queens) by Alison Weir
Category: Fiction | Series: Six Tudor Queens Ser.
NEW Acclaimed author and historian Alison Weir continues her epic Six Tudor Queens series with this third captivating novel, which brings to life Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII's most cherished bride and mother of his only legitimate male heir. Ever since she was a child, Jane has longed for a cloi ...Show more
Jane Seymour, the Haunted Queen (#3 Six Tudor Queens) by Alison Weir
Category: Fiction | Series: Six Tudor Queens
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by historian Alison Weir, author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen and Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession, is the third enthralling novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. A fascinating look at Henry VIII's third wife. Essential reading for fa ...Show more
Katharine Parr, the Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens #6) by Alison Weir
Category: Fiction | Series: Six Tudor Queens Ser.
A WOMAN TORN BETWEEN LOVE AND DUTY. Two husbands dead, a boy and a sick man. And now Katharine is free to make her own choice. The ageing King's eye falls upon her. She cannot refuse him... or betray that she wanted another. She becomes the sixth wife - a queen and a friend. Henry loves and trusts he ...Show more
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess by Alison Weir
Category: Biography
Katherine Synford was first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster. Her charismatic lover was one of the most powerful princes of the fourteenth century and Katherine was renowned for her beauty and regarded as enigmatic, intriguing and even dangerous by some of her co ...Show more