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Alison Weir is a bestselling author of historical fiction and popular history, known for bringing the past to life with rich detail and rigorous research. A Londoner by birth, she began writing at an early age and published her first book, Britain’s Royal Families, in 1989. Her work spans both fiction and nonfiction, with a focus on British royalty, particularly the Tudors. A trained historian and former teacher, she has published extensively and been translated worldwide. She is a Patron of multiple historical organizations and lives in Surrey, where she continues to write full-time.

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Series

Elizabeth I


A Historical Fiction series (2008 - 2013)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Palace intrigue in Tudor courts
  • Historical heroines facing royal danger
  • Romance with throne-shaking consequences

Six Tudor Queens


A Historical Fiction series (2016 - 2021)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Tudor queens fighting for power in lethal courts
  • Royal women caught between faith, desire, and family ambition
  • Shifting alliances around marriages, heirs, and dangerous secrets

England's Medieval Queens


A Historical Fiction series (2017 - 2025)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Medieval history through queens driving the story
  • Royal women with grit, ambition, and political power
  • Court intrigue across dynastic wars and betrayals

Tudor Rose


A Historical Fiction series (2022 - 2024)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Royal women surviving Tudor court intrigue
  • Infamous rulers rendered as intimate psychological portraits
  • Power, faith, and violence shaping dynastic fate

Standalone Fiction

Queen Isabella

Innocent Traitor

Captive Queen

A Dangerous Inheritance

In the Shadow of Queens

Mary I

Mary I


The Cardinal

The Boleyn Secret

Standalone Non-fiction

Women in History

Britain's Royal Families

The Princes in the Tower

Richard III and The Princes in the Tower

The Princes in the Tower

The Wars of the Roses

Lancaster And York

The Children of Henry VIII

The Children of Henry VIII

Children Of England

The Life of Elizabeth I

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Henry VIII

Mary, Queen of Scots

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

Katherine Swynford

Mistress of the Monarchy

Traitors of the Tower

The Lady in the Tower

Mary Boleyn

Elizabeth of York

The Lost Tudor Princess

Tudor Christmas

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