“Since arriving in England, Katherine had come to know a freedom she had never dreamed of in Spain, where young women were kept in seclusion and forced to live almost like cloistered nuns. They wore clothes that camouflaged their bodies… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“Katherine of Aragon was a staunch but misguided woman of principle; Anne Boleyn an ambitious adventuress with a penchant for vengeance; Jane Seymour a strong-minded matriarch in the making; Anne of Cleves a good-humoured woman who jumped at the chance… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“the weight of evidence ‘cannot convince those who do not wish to believe” — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“The King ruled in consultation with his chief nobles, who fromed the nucleus of what was in effect a military aristocracy, whose power was… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
It gives me a huge buzz when people say they've enjoyed my books, because this grew out of a hobby, and it's an absolute… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“The formal education of women was rarely considered important. Girls of good birth were taught domestic skills at home or in a convent, and… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“I waste so much time sleeping. And time is of all losses the most irrecuperable, for it can never be redeemed.” — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“This obsession with death and suffering revealed itself in literature, poetry, art, and particularly in sculpture, with the appearance of cadaver tombs with an… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“But I wish you to know that, were I just Edward and you just Jane, I would prefer to marry you. We accord well… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags.” — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
