Historical fiction about the bravest, most sympathetic and wronged heroine of Tudor England, Lady Jane Grey. Child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she was merely a pawn in a dynastic power game with the highest...

Queens of the Conquest von Weir, Alison

Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling...

The magnificent new Tudor novel from the author Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series. This is Henry VIII - his side of the story. von Weir, Alison

Six Tudor Queens 5: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen von Weir, Alison

I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live.Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir's enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and...

"Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley" von Alison Weir ist eine detaillierte historische Untersuchung der Ereignisse rund um den Mord an Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, dem Ehemann von Maria Stuart, Königin von Schottland....

[Weir] gets right inside the head of the Virgin Queen. The reader has a blissful sense of seeing history as it happens.' - Kate Saunders, The TimesIt was an affair that shocked the world.Elizabeth I is the most sought-after bride in...

'A detailed and convincing portrait of an extraordinary life... this series is a serious achievement' THE TIMES'This brilliant series has brought Henry VIII's six wives to life as never before. This novel will enthral and inspire, just...

"Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens Book One" von Alison Weir ist der erste Band einer Serie, die sich mit den Leben und Rollen der mittelalterlichen Königinnen Englands befasst. In diesem Buch beleuchtet Weir die...

The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened...

Drawing upon the rich fund of documentary material from the Tudor period, The Six Wives of Henry VIII shows us a court where personal needs frequently influenced public events and where a life of gorgeously ritualised pleasure was shot...