The first full-length biography of an extraordinary love affair between one of the most important men of English History and a thoroughly modern woman.
Alison Weir is one of Britain's top-selling historians. She is the author of numerous works of history and historical fiction, specialising in the medieval and Tudor periods. Her bestselling history books include The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Elizabeth of York and, most recently, The Lost Tudor Princess. Her novels include Innocent Traitor, Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen and Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession. She is an Honorary Life Patron of Historic Royal Palaces. She is married with two adult children and lives and works in Surrey.
Fast-paced, lively and boldly coloured, Weir's book gives us a
vivid portrait of courtly life
*Sunday Times*
Weir combines high drama with high passion while involving us in
the domestic life of a most remarkable woman in an equally
remarkable book
*Scotland on Sunday*
Gripping...immaculately researched
*Daily Telegraph*
Highly enjoyable
*Literary Review*
Weir's sound scholarship and storyteller's gift for rich, telling
detail constantly engages and enthrals the reader
*The Times*
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