Alison Weir

The lives of Henry VIII’s queens make for dramatic stories. In her new novel, the first in a series of six, Alison Weir discusses with Joanna Labon the poignant story of Katherine of Aragon, the King’s first wife, drawing on new research and keeping closely to the historical record.

She approaches her tale from Katherine’s point of view, which affords an intimate psychological perspective on this indomitable, courageous and principled woman.

Alison Weir evokes a court peopled by the luminaries of the early Tudor age – Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell and the magnificent figure of Henry VIII himself – a young, and athletic Henry, not yet marred by frustration and disappointment.

Alison Weir is the biggest selling female historian in the UK, a Tudor expert and has published 21 books.