Katherine’s story can be viewed in two ways – as a fortunate woman whose stoic attitude played a role in her fall, or as a princess struck by tragedy.

Anne adores watching the game of courtly love play out before her eyes, though she is not expecting to be thrown into it herself. Historical biography, especially of people who lived centuries ago, is more often than not the piecing together of fragments of information and trying to make sense of them. With stunning period detail and compelling drama throughout, Katharine emerges as a woman far ahead of her time: fiercely intelligent, courageous, passionate and inspiring, charting a course through the deadly waters of the Tudor court.Numerous biographies of members of the Tudor dynasty have been written, yet not one has been devoted to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales (1486-1502), the older brother of Henry VIII. The negotiations between the two kingdoms commenced when Arthur and Katherine were mere infants, and would drag on for several years, with the children sending each other affectionate letters in Latin, coached by their tutors. This is the 30th book, but considering Alex has survived "Kill Alex Cross" before, chances are he survives this one. This e-short, published in March 2017, bridges the first two novels in the Six Tudor Queens series, Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. But when Katherine migrates to England at the age of 16, circumstances conspire to marry her off to King Henry VIII.

This brilliant series has brought Henry VIII's six wives to life as never before, and with Katharine Parr Alison Weir has saved the best until last. uk/people/katherine-of-aragon-the-true-queen and my interview with Tudor Times here http://tudortimes. For a woman whose life was shadowed my many tragedies, Katherine of Aragon has been strangely quiet in the afterlife. Finely crafted, this novel is wonderful historical fiction and an outstanding introduction to the Six Tudor Queens novel series.Katherine’s enduring devotion to her husband dominates Weir’s fascinating account of a marriage so often overshadowed in fiction – and reality – by Anne Boleyn. The image in the centre shows one of Headline's specially commissioned review copies, printed in November 2015. Alison Weir is a British historian and author, and not the American journalist and activist Alison Weir.

The Princess of Scotland is an e-short and companion piece to Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen, the compelling fifth novel in the Six Tudor Queens series by bestselling author and historian Alison Weir. Alison Weir's novel captures that nobility better than any biography ever has, and maybe in the end that nobility is a kind of mystery too. Saved from disgrace by the kindly Sir John Peche, Margery finds herself at court waiting on Queen Katherine.For the first time I felt as though, thanks to Alison's skilful writing and storytelling, I came to "know" Katharine.

Weir has made this brave and honest woman, beloved by the people of the time, the heroine of her own story at last. Anna of Kleve comes alive on the page in surprising and mysterious ways that only an author of Weir's superb finesse can achieve. Her resistance against Henry’s demands and the conflict that ensued between her and Anne Boleyn placed King Henry VIII on the path to a destination he could never have foreseen. SO one would assume that ‘A King’s Obsession’, the second novel in the series which focuses primarily on Anne Boleyn would pick up the heroine’s story shortly after she wedded King Henry VIII. King Henry VIII has proven to be an especially compelling figure for historical authors who have gone to great pains to bring his lusts and desires to life through the lens of both fiction and nonfiction.Alison's portrait of a queen', my interview with Trevor Heaton, appeared in the Eastern Daily Press on 18th May 2016. Keeping closely to the historical record, this is a fascinating insight into this period of our history.