Isabella - Alison Weir

The Six Wives of Henry VIII - Alison Weir

ever present fixation on Henry VIII I started looking for more to read about him. I came across this on Amazon. I had never read a book by Alison Weir and expected this to be a similar affair to The Other Boleyn Girl but as soon as I started reading I realised this was actually a factual account as we know it from diaries, documents and letters that survived after the Tudor period. At first I was slightly disappointed but soon realised this was even better than a fictional work. The book doesn t tell me much about the author except some other books she s written and where she lives so I m no more enlightened but intend to read more of her work! I bought my copy for ...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII - Alison Weir

ever present fixation on Henry VIII I started looking for more to read about him. I came across this on Amazon. I had never read a book by Alison Weir and expected this to be a similar affair to The Other Boleyn Girl but as soon as I started reading I realised this was actually a factual account as we know it from diaries, documents and letters that survived after the Tudor period. At first I was slightly disappointed but soon realised this was even better than a fictional work. The book doesn t tell me much about the author except some other books she s written and where she lives so I m no more enlightened but intend to read more of her work! I bought my copy for ...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII - Alison Weir

Browsing in Waterstones at Gatwick airport recently looking for something to read, I came across Alison Weir’s six wives of Henry V111. I have always been interested in history and the Tudor period is my favourite so this book really appealed to me. The reviews on the back cover claimed that the book was an entertaining account of Henry V11’s complicated domestic history, full of interesting detail. It was the promise of interesting detail taken from reliable sources, which persuaded me to buy this book as opposed to other accounts on offer. So heres a brief taster of what this book has to offer, I certainly don’t intend to give you a history lesson! The content At the ...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII - Alison Weir

Browsing in Waterstones at Gatwick airport recently looking for something to read, I came across Alison Weir’s six wives of Henry V111. I have always been interested in history and the Tudor period is my favourite so this book really appealed to me. The reviews on the back cover claimed that the book was an entertaining account of Henry V11’s complicated domestic history, full of interesting detail. It was the promise of interesting detail taken from reliable sources, which persuaded me to buy this book as opposed to other accounts on offer. So heres a brief taster of what this book has to offer, I certainly don’t intend to give you a history lesson! The content At the ...

The Princes in the Tower - Alison Weir

Whaddyareckon? Richard III had a big hump on his back and smothered his nephews high up in a damp, dank room in the Tower of London? Or is he the most wrongly maligned figure in English history, blackguarded by the upstart Tudors so that the English people would accept them as rulers? Ask any historian and they will tell you that their job is - for the most part - detection. History is all about finding clues. History is about piecing together tiny shreds of evidence. In this way, the historian hopes to interpret the past. We all like a good murder mystery, do we not? And so, what better subject for a writer ...

The Princes in the Tower - Alison Weir

Whaddyareckon? Richard III had a big hump on his back and smothered his nephews high up in a damp, dank room in the Tower of London? Or is he the most wrongly maligned figure in English history, blackguarded by the upstart Tudors so that the English people would accept them as rulers? Ask any historian and they will tell you that their job is - for the most part - detection. History is all about finding clues. History is about piecing together tiny shreds of evidence. In this way, the historian hopes to interpret the past. We all like a good murder mystery, do we not? And so, what better subject for a writer ...