Alison Weir (Author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII)

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Alison Weir

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in London, England

January 01, 1951

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Alison Weir is an English writer of history books for the general public, mostly in the form of biographies about British kings and queens, and of historical fiction. Before becoming an author, Weir worked as a teacher of children with special needs. She received her formal training in history at teacher training college. She currently lives in Surrey, England, with her two children.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 385,831 ratings · 23,646 reviews · 117 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Six Wives of Henry VIII 4.12 avg rating — 71,723 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Innocent Traitor 3.97 avg rating — 34,512 ratings — published 2006 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Elizabeth I 4.03 avg rating — 32,569 ratings — published 1998 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady Elizabeth 3.99 avg rating — 28,238 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 16,775 ratings — published 2016 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life 3.93 avg rating — 16,460 ratings — published 1999 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of Henry VIII 4.01 avg rating — 15,322 ratings — published 1996 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry VIII: The King and His Court 4.10 avg rating — 14,323 ratings — published 2001 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn 3.98 avg rating — 14,088 ratings — published 2009 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 11,831 ratings — published 2017 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Six Tudor Queens (6 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 63,645 ratings

Elizabeth I (2 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 31,735 ratings

Tudor Rose (3 books)
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4.04 avg rating — 9,960 ratings

England's Medieval Queens (4 books)
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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to read in our Group Read for January 2016?

The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir

14 votes, 28.6%

The Seymours of Wolf Hall: A Tudor Family Story by David Loades

6 votes, 12.2%

My Lady of Cleves: A Novel of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves by Margaret Campbell Barnes

6 votes, 12.2%

At the King's Pleasure by Kate Emerson

6 votes, 12.2%

Root of the Tudor Rose by Mari Griffith

4 votes, 8.2%

Legacy by Susan Kay

4 votes, 8.2%

At the Mercy of the Queen by Anne Clinard Barnhill

3 votes, 6.1%

Ordeal by Ambition: An English family in the shadow of the Tudors by William Seymour

2 votes, 4.1%

Heresy by S.J. Parris

2 votes, 4.1%

Martyr by Rory Clements

1 vote, 2.0%

The Children of Henry VIII by John Guy

1 vote, 2.0%

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