507:, an area that sometimes attracts criticism from academia; according to one source, popular history "seeks to inform and entertain a large general audience... Dramatic storytelling often prevails over analysis, style over substance, simplicity over complexity, and grand generalization over careful qualification." Weir argues that "history is not the sole preserve of academics, although I have the utmost respect for those historians who undertake new research and contribute something new to our knowledge. History belongs to us all, and it can be accessed by us all. And if writing it in a way that is accessible and entertaining, as well as conscientiously researched, can be described as popular, then, yes, I am a popular historian, and am proud and happy to be one."
435:, Weir realised that it would "be very liberating to write a novel in which I could write what I wanted while keeping to the facts". She decided to make Jane Grey her focus because she "didn't have a very long life and there wasn't a great deal of material". She found the transition to fiction easy, explaining, "Every book is a learning curve, and you have to keep an open mind. I am sometimes asked to cut back on the historical facts in my novels, and there have been disagreements over whether they obstruct the narrative, but I do hold out for the history whenever I can."
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Weir was brought up in
Westminster, London. She has been married to Rankin Weir since 1972, and now lives in Surrey. She described her mother as "a genuinely good person with heaps of integrity, strength of character, humour and wisdom, and has overcome life’s trials with commendable fortitude."
243:, becoming a history teacher. She opted to abandon teaching as a career after a disillusion with "trendy teaching methods", so she worked as a civil servant, and later as a housewife and mother. Between 1991 and 1997, she ran a school for children with learning difficulties.
574:, explaining that the estate is a "historic site of prime importance; it would be tragic if it were to be lost forever. I applaud the work of the Friends of Northampton Castle in lobbying for its excavation and for the regeneration of the area that would surely follow."
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with her husband, son and daughter. She has called "Mrs Ellen", a fictional character from her novel about Jane Grey, most like her own personality, commenting that, "As I was writing the book, my maternal side was projected into this character."
517:, said of Weir's popular historian label, "To describe her as a popular historian would be to state a literal truth – her chunky explorations of Britain's early modern past sell in the kind of multiples that others can only dream of."
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It has made me more confident in some ways. It has benefited me financially, of course, and enabled me to enrich the lives of others, but most important of all, it has made me feel fulfilled in a creative sense.
538:, called it "a great pudding of a book, which will do no harm to those who choose to read it. Detail is here in plenty, but Tudor England is more than royal wardrobe lists, palaces and sexual intrigue."
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that "it is testament to Weir's artfulness and elegance as a writer that The Lady in the Tower remains fresh and suspenseful, even though the reader knows what's coming." On the other hand,
548:, said that she had "skillfully imagined royal lives" in previous works, "but her style here is marred by less than subtle characterizations and some seriously cheesy writing", while
169:. She primarily writes about the history of English royal women and families, in the form of biographies that explore their historical setting. She has also written numerous works of
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Weir would not start writing full-time until the late 1990s. While running the school for children with learning difficulties, she published the non-fiction works
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said of the same book, "12th-century France could be the dark side of the moon for all we learn about it by the end of this book."
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The Lost Tudor
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Queens of the Crusades Eleanor of Aquitaine and Her Successors
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England
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came out in 2010. The following year, she completed
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In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court
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The Ring and the Crown: A History of Royal Weddings
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Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley
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The Ring and the Crown: A History of Royal Weddings
220:Weir recalls how, at the age of fourteen, she read
308:(1996). Now writing books full-time, she produced
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476:, a historical novel featuring Elizabeth I and
372:Elizabeth of York – A Tudor Queen and Her World
370:, sister of Anne Boleyn. In 2013 she published
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683:The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
663:Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England
352:The Lady in The Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
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843:The King's Pleasure: A Novel of Henry VIII
612:Lancaster and York – The Wars of the Roses
431:, was published in 2006. When researching
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841:(May 2023), to be published in the US as
785:The Marriage Game: A Novel of Elizabeth I
701:Mary Boleyn: The Great and Infamous Whore
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520:Reviews of Weir's works have been mixed.
302:Lancaster and York: The Wars of the Roses
2157:Alumni of the University of North London
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342:: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England
1593:. NorthamptonCastle.com. 4 March 2012
1221:"Leicester Book Festival to showcase"
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987:"The 14/4 Interview With Alison Weir"
409:Alison Weir has written two works on
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1391:Hughes, Kathryn (3 September 2005).
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1254:Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen
1140:Williams, Wilda (15 January 2007).
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393:Many of Weir's works deal with the
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2035:Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen
1864:Gerard DeGroot (31 October 2020).
1571:from the original on 15 April 2010
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705:Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
652:Henry VIII: The King and His Court
364:Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
325:Henry VIII: The King and His Court
264:—Alison Weir on her writing career
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1378:"Alison Weir - Author Biography"
1079:Weir, Alison (5 November 2020).
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1558:"One Minute With: Alison Weir"
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625:The Children of Henry VIII
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178:Britain's Royal Families
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634:The Life of Elizabeth I
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314:The Life of Elizabeth I
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1142:"Q&A: Alison Weir"
985:Buckley, Emma (2012).
737:Queens of the Crusades
725:Queens of the Conquest
483:In May 2016 her novel
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1042:Weir, Alison (2017).
1022:National Public Radio
776:Dangerous Inheritance
689:Traitors of the Tower
616:The Wars of the Roses
528:The Lady in the Tower
454:Traitors of the Tower
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438:Her second novel is
433:Eleanor of Aquitaine
411:Eleanor of Aquitaine
330:Mary, Queen of Scots
319:Eleanor of Aquitaine
287:British Royal Family
235:She was educated at
226:Henry's Golden Queen
198:Princes in the Tower
182:Eleanor of Aquitaine
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2039:Headline Publishing
2014:. AlisonWeir.org.uk
1870:The Times of London
1532:"About Alison Weir"
1511:The Washington Post
1353:"Writing Resources"
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1258:Headline Publishing
997:on 10 December 2013
630:Elizabeth the Queen
551:The Washington Post
532:Diarmaid MacCulloch
464:2010. Working with
310:Elizabeth the Queen
230:Catherine of Aragon
1485:The Globe and Mail
1044:Queens of Conquest
931:"Chat with Alison"
897:"Author Biography"
764:The Lady Elizabeth
572:Northampton Castle
541:The Globe and Mail
440:The Lady Elizabeth
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380:Queens of Conquest
332:and the Murder of
190:Katherine Swynford
186:Isabella of France
171:historical fiction
92:Historical fiction
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1393:"French mistress"
1226:Leicester Mercury
1201:. bbc.co.uk. 2010
960:alisonweir.org.uk
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731:A Tudor Christmas
546:The Captive Queen
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