About this Event
Join us for an evening with best-selling author Alison Weir to celebrate the release of her latest novel The Boleyn Secret. The evening will consist of an author talk, audience Q&A followed by a signing.
Please ask a bookseller if you have any questions.
About The Boleyn Secret:
The popular historian and bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series spins another enthralling tale of courtly intrigue that revolves around the relationship between Anne Boleyn's niece Kate and daughter Elizabeth.
About Alison Weir:
In 2006, I published my first novel, Innocent Traitor, for Hutchinson, another imprint of Random House; this was published by Ballantine in the U.S.A. in 2007. Since then, I have published seven more novels. In 2014 I was delighted to sign a contract with Headline for six novels on the wives of Henry VIII. As a non-fiction author, I write 'popular' history.
History is full of wonderful stories and amazing characters. I feel very privileged to be able to bring them to life in both my non-fiction books and my novels. In both cases, I feel that an author has a responsibility to be as true to the facts as is possible. And in an age in which history is increasingly perceived to be 'dumbed down' in schools, on television and on film, we can all learn from a study of the past. We can discover more about ourselves and our own civilisation.Praise for The Boleyn Secret:'With her extraordinary breadth of knowledge and scrupulous attention to detail, Alison Weir has excavated, from the Tudor records, the unsung story of a remarkable woman who had a ring-side seat to some of the most precarious and pivotal passages of history. Katherine Carey learned young how to negotiate the knife-edge of court, developing deep loyalties and cautious allegiances. She had fifteen pregnancies, had to flee England and live as a fugitive for a time and carried a momentous and dangerous secret about her origins for her entire life. Her story is as fascinating as it is gripping' - Elizabeth Fremantle
'In this vivid and utterly addictive novel, Alison Weir brings to life a fascinating woman who lived at the heart of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I's courts, but who has remained in the shadows for almost 500 years. In so doing, she gives us a compelling heroine and breathes new life into one of the most famous periods in English history. The immaculate period details and compelling drama transport the reader to the dazzling, often deadly world of the Tudors. Simply unmissable' - Tracy Borman
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1 Mill St, 1 Mill Street, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
GBP 4.00 to GBP 28.00
