Alison weir author biography of suzanne
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• I am a Londoner, born and bred at Westminster, although I have also lived in Norfolk, Sussex, and Scotland, and now reside in Surrey. I have been married to Rankin Weir since 1972, and have two children, John (born 1982) and Kate (born 1984). I was educated at the City of London School for Girls, obtaining A-levels in English Literature, Art, and History (English and European medieval history, with twelfth-century monasticism in the West as my specialist subject), then at the North Western Polytechnic of London, where inom trained as a teacher with History as my main subject, studying world history, English medieval history, and the Italian Renaissance. I did not pursue that career, however, because I quickly became disillusioned with trendy teaching methods. Before becoming a published author in 1989, I was in Civil Service management, then a •
KATHARINE PARR: THE SIXTH WIFE
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KATHARINE PARR
Two husbands dead; a life engelskt ord för att något är skadat eller förstört by sadness. And now Katharine is in love for the first time in her life.
The eye of an ageing and dangerous king falls upon her. She cannot refuse him. She must stifle her feelings and never betray that she wanted another.
And now she is the sixth wife. Her queenship is a holy mission yet, fearfully, she recalls the tragic parade of women who went before her. She cherishes the secret beliefs that could send her to the fire. And still the King loves and trusts her.
Now her enemies are closing in. She must kamp for her very life.
KATHARINE PARR – the gods of Henry’s queens.
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Books
Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII/The Children of Henry VIII (1996)
"Weir writes in a pacy, vivid style, engaging the heart as well as the mind. This, her fourth book on the Tudors, affirms her pre-eminence in this field." (Amanda Foreman, The Independent)
"This irresistibly engaging book - described without exaggeration in the blurb as `popular history at its best`….Readers will enjoy and profit from an abundance - but never an excess - of fascinating detail." (The Tablet)
"The brilliance of this author is her scrupulous research…she keeps us focused on those real-life children and shows what made them such frightened and frightening figures." (BBC Homes and Antiques)
"Written with painstaking research, it is highly readable and entertaining, with shocking insights into the royals of four centuries ago… Vivid, fascinating, necessary for every bookshelf." (The Ric