Books by Alison Weir

The Lady in the Tower (2010)
An account of Henry VIII's second wife's final days seeks to vindicate her from popular negative per...

Elizabeth of York (2013)
A biography of the first Tudor queen, who was the only living descendent of Yorkist King Edward IV, ...

The Lady Elizabeth (2008)
A vivid fictional portrait of the tumultuous early life of Queen Elizabeth I describes her perilous ...

The Wars of the Roses (1996)
Chronicles the struggles of the Lancaster and York families to control the British monarchy, while o...

Katherine Swynford (2007)
Recounts one of the love stories of medieval England. This is a tale of an exceptional woman, Kather...

Mary Boleyn (2011)
Presents a historical profile of Henry VIII's mistress and the sister of Anne Boleyn, examining her ...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1991)
Profiles the oft-married English monarch and the women that came to define him through marriage, det...

The Marriage Game (2015)
Queen Elizabeth and Lord Robert Dudley conduct a scandalous relationship marked by rumors about an i...

The Princes in the Tower (Rkpg) (1992)
Offers a solution to the centuries-old mystery of the fate of the boy king Edward V and his younger ...

Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley (2004)
Reexamines the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her ambitious second husband, Lord Dar...

The Children of Henry VIII (1997)
Recounts the lives of Henry VIII's heirs and the intrigues that arose from their struggle to ascend ...

A Dangerous Inheritance (2012)
A tale inspired by the life of Lady Jane Gray's younger sister, Katherine, interweaves the tragic st...

Innocent Traitor (2007)
A fictional portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the great-niece of Henry VIII, follows her turbulent life ag...

Captive Queen (2010)
Abandoning her marriage to the king of France in favor of a partnership with the equally ambitious H...

Queen Isabella (2006)
A portrait of Queen Isabella describes her marriage to Edward II, the king's homosexual affairs, her...

Britain's Royal Families (2009)
'George III is alleged to have married secretly, on 17th April, 1759, a Quakeress called Hannah Ligh...

Eleanor of Aquitaine (2001)
A biography of one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages discusses her marriages to Louis...

Henry VIII (2002)
Examines the king's remarkable influence on the laws, customs, culture, and politics of his kingdom ...

The Lost Tudor Princess (2016)
From New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir comes the first biography...

Life of Elizabeth First (1998)
Presents an exhaustively researched biography that reveals the personality, private life, and romant...