Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen: Six Tudor Queens 1

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When Anne Boleyn came to the English Court, she just wanted to survive. But her family hoped that she would raise them out of their poor standing. And when the King came calling, they encouraged her to receive his advances. Alison Weir’s new series: The six things I’m most looking forward to discovering": http://www.royalhistorygeeks.com/alison-weirs-new-series-the-six-things-im-most-looking-forward-to-discovering/ This well researched and engrossing read gives a new perspective on the long-suffering first wife." (Good Housekeeping Hot Reads)

The primary driving factor of the Six Tudor Queens series isn’t actually the plight of Henry’s wives, the reasons that compel them to marry Henry or even the rivalries they must overcome to take the throne.Alison’s talk lasted a full hour, which flew by, but she followed up with a series of questions from the audience, which included whether she had a favourite of the six wives and what did she make of the different portrayals of Cromwell – what was her take on him when compared to that of Hilary Mantel and Wolf Hall for example. Thanks to its sheer comprehensiveness and ambition,this six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction." (The Times)

Launching Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen in the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace on 9th May 2016 So events that were covered in Book One are also covered in Book Two but from the perspective of Anne Boleyn. Book Three also does this. Jane Seymour, who eventually replaces Anne as Queen, sees her story chronicled from her childhood all the way to her ascension to the throne.Join me in the Audible studios talking about this ambitious new series - 'Six Tudor Queens' adbl.co/AWeir @headlinepg. Saved from disgrace by the kindly Sir John Peche, Margery finds herself at court waiting on Queen Katherine. Little does Margery know that she is already a pawn in a game of power, irrevocably bound to the fall of the lady she will come to love as her mistress, Queen and friend. Sadly for the audience Alison didn’t divulge much more or go into precise details. We’ll have to wait for the books.

Alison Weir’s Six Tudor Queens series provides an in-depth look into the lives and fortunes of these women.I want to seek out the truths that lie behind the historical evidence, and for this fiction is a versatile medium, because it offers the scope to develop ideas and themes that have no place in a history book, but which - based on sound research and informed guesses – can be of real value in illuminating the lives of these long-dead queens, and explain their motives and actions. A historian uses such inventiveness at their peril - but a novelist has the power to get inside their subject`s head, and that can afford one insights that would not be permissable to a historian, and yet can have a legitimate value of their own. A historian has to work within the strict constraints imposed by the source material and credible speculation. A novelist, however, is able to use their imagination to fill in the gaps - although I strongly feel that what they write must be credible within the context of what is known about the subject.” Katherine of Aragon is meticulously researched. This faithfulness to the history is the novel’s great strength." (The Times) Margery Otwell, a self-made gentleman's young daughter, gets her first taste of courtly life when she takes up a position as chamberer to Lady Peche of Lullingstone Castle. Dances, music, feasting - and a seduction - follow, and Margery learns the rules of courtly love the hard way.