When Henry VIII died in 1547, he left three highly intelligent children to succeed him in turn to be followed, if their lines failed, by the descendents of his sister, Mary Tudor. In Children of England, Alison Weir s interest is not in constitutional history but in the characters and relationships of Henry s four heirs. Making use of a huge variety of contemporary sources, she brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods of English history."

Mary Boleyn is remembered by posterity as a 'great and infamous whore'. She was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife. This title uncovers the facts about this one of the most misunderstood figures of the Tudor age.

Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger. Child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, she lived a live in thrall to political machinations and lethal religious fervour. This book talks about the twists of Tudor power politics, her nine-day reign and its unbearably poignant conclusion.

England, 1536. Home to the greatest, most glittering court in English history. But beneath the dazzling fa/cade lies treachery."

Eleanor of Aquitaine was a remarkable woman. She was an important factor in the reign of four kings, lived to the ripe old age of 82, bore 10 children and outlived all but two of them. Her sons were kings of England and her daughters queens of Castile and Sicily, while her later descendants included a Holy Roman emperor and kings of France and Spain, as well as a couple of saints. In an age of men, she was indeed a powerful woman.
Born in 1122 into the sophisticated and cultured court of Poitiers, Eleanor of Aquitaine came of age in a world of luxury, bloody combat, and unbridled...

One of the most powerful monarchs in British history, Henry VIII ruled England in unprecedented splendour. This biography brings Henry's six wives to life, revealing each as a distinct and compelling personality in her own right.

In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the early Tudor kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of Elizabeth I. This book begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary s disastrous reign.
Elizabeth is portrayed as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. Alison Weir writes of Elizabeth s intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; of her dealings sometimes comical, sometimes poignant with...

Alison Weir's investigation into the murder of Lord Darnley, second husband to Mary, Queen of Scots, is set against one of the most dramatic periods in British history, and her conclusions will shed new light on the motives of the conspirators and the involvement of Mary Stuart.

Alison Weir, one of Britain's foremost popular historians, sets a detailed personal biography of Henry VIII against the cultural, social and political background of his court and the splendour of his many palaces.

It's 1152 and a beautiful woman of 30 is riding southwards through what is now France, leaving behind her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage to Louis of France. This woman is Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, and her sole purpose now is to return to her vast duchy and marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet.