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May 22, 2023

The King's Pleasure by Alison Weir

May 22, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
The King's Pleasure by Alison Weir

A prolific historian and novelist turns her attention to King Henry VIII.

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May 22, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
History
The King's Pleasure, Alison Weir, fiction, historical fiction, Tudor fiction, Steve Donoghue, 2023
May 16, 2020

Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir

May 16, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir

Historian Alison Weir writes a long novel about King Henry VIII’s very young fifth wife.

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May 16, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Historical Fiction
Alison Weir, Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen, Tudor fiction, historical fiction, Steve Donoghue
May 13, 2019

Author interview: Alison Weir

May 13, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Author interview: Alison Weir

In Anna of Kleve, Weir crafts an intriguingly multifaceted portrait of this oddest of all English queens. Open Letters asked her some questions about the challenges of this latest installment in the “Six Tudor Queens” series.

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May 13, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Books & Authors
Anne of Cleves, King Henry VIII, English Monarchy, English history, Alison Weir, Author Interview
May 29, 2018

Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir

May 29, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir

Full of atmospheric historical details, this novel about King Henry VIII’s third wife portrays the dramas of the most notorious court in English history.

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May 29, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Literary Fiction, Biography/Memoir
Alison Weir, Ballantine Books, English history, English Monarchy, The Tudors, literary fiction, historical fiction, Queens of England, Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard, Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII, Penguin Random House, Steve Donoghue
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