<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/christchurch/rss/search?query=Weir%2C%20Alison%2C%201951-&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;page=2&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:47:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Eleanor of Aquitaine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy convention as she exercised power in the political sphere and crucial influence over her husbands and sons. In this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of this truly exceptional woman, and provides new insights into her intimate world. Eleanor of Aquitaine lived a long life of many contrasts, of splendour and desolation, power and peril, and in this stunning narrative, Weir captures the woman— and the queen—in all her glory. With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizing pageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal scandal and intrigue, she recreates not only a remarkable personality but a magnificent past era.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1023037</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1023037</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1023037037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Life</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Six Wives of Henry VIII]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on early biographies, letters, memoirs, account books, and diplomatic reports to bring these women to life. Catherine of Aragon emerges as a staunch though 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-natured and innocent woman naively unaware of the court intrigues that determined her fate; Catherine Howard, an empty-headed wanton; and Catherine Parr, a warm-blooded bluestocking who survived King Henry to marry a fourth time.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1039517</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1039517</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1039517037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queens at War]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fifteenth century was a turbulent age: Wars of the Roses and the Hundred Years War between England and France dominated the lives of people inside and out of the royal courts. Joan of Navarre, Katherine of Valois, Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Wydeville and Anne Neville were the queens who stood by England's sovereigns, caught up in wars that changed the course of their lives and the course of history. They were also formidable women who defied the limitations of their times, often living out the brutal consequences of their determination. Alison Weir uncovers their stories in this final volume of her ground-breaking series on the queens of medieval England. Queens at War is a stunning culmination of research by a historian at the full extent of her powers and a gripping account of five women on the throne.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1815342</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1815342</guid><category><![CDATA[RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1815342037</comments><format>RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD</format><subtitle>England&apos;s Medieval Queens 1403-1485</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queens of the Crusades]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens on the battlefield, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe, these determined women often broke through medieval restrictions to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill. Alison Weir's ground-breaking history of the queens of Medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry, dynastic ambition, conflict with the church, baronial wars, and the all-pervading bonds of feudalism. We see events such as the murder of Becket, Magna Carta and the birth of parliaments from a new perspective. Her narrative begins with the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Henry II establishes a dynasty which rules for over three hundred years and creates the most powerful empire in western Christendom but also sows the seeds for some of the most destructive family conflicts in history and for the collapse, under her son King John, of England's power in Europe. The lives of Eleanor's successors were just as remarkable: Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard the Lionheart, Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John, and Alienor of Provence, queen of Henry III, and finally Eleanor of Castile, the grasping but beloved wife of Edward I. Through the story of these first five Plantagenet queens, Alison Weir provides an enthralling new perspective on a dramatic period of high romance and sometimes low politics, with determined women at its heart.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1243227</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1243227</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1243227037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Eleanor of Aquitaine and Her Successors, 1154-1291</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katherine Swynford]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. But Katherine Swynford was much more than that. She was the mother of the Beauforts, and through them the ancestress of the Yorkist Kings, the Tudors, the Stuarts and every other sovereign since - a prodigious legacy which has shaped the history of Britain.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1301759</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1301759</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1301759037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katharine Parr, the Sixth Wife]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two husbands dead, a boy and a sick man. And now Katharine is free to make her own choice. The ageing King's eye falls upon her. She cannot refuse him or betray that she wanted another. She becomes the sixth wife a queen and a friend. Henry loves and trusts her. But Katharine is hiding another secret in her heart, a deeply held faith that could see her burn.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1252956</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1252956</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1252956037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Henry VIII]]></title><description><![CDATA[Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over the most stylish - and dangerous - court in Renaissance Europe. Scheming cardinals vied for power with newly rich landowners and merchants, brilliant painters and architects introduced a new splendor into art and design and each of Henry's six queens brought her own influence to bear upon the life of the court. This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most spectacular court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. It is an entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence but also a comprehensive analytical study of the development of both monarch and court during a crucial period in English history. As well as challenging some recent theories, it offers controversial new conclusions based on contemporary evidence that has until now been overlooked.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1162711</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1162711</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1162711037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>King and Court</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the night of 10 February 1567, an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The noise was heard as far away as Holyrood Palace, where Queen Mary was attending a wedding masque. Those arriving at the scene of devastation found, in the garden, the naked corpses of Darnley and his valet. Neither had died in the explosion, but both bodies bore marks of strangulation.It was clear that they had been murdered and the house destroyed in an attempt to obliterate the evidence. Darnley was not a popular king-consort, but he was regarded by many as having a valid claim to the English throne. For this reason Elizabeth I had opposed his family's longstanding wish to marry him to Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the rightful queen of England. Alison Weir's investigation of Darnley's murder is set against one of the most dramatic periods in British history. Her conclusions will shed a brilliant new light on the actions and motives of the conspirators and, in particular, the extent of Mary's own involvement.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1337873</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1337873</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1337873037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queens of the Conquest]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lovers. Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and culminating in the turbulent life of the Empress Maud, who claimed to be Queen of England in her own right and fought a bitter war to that end, the five Norman queens emerge as hugely influential and fascinating characters. This work is a tale of interconnected lives and a rich portrait of English history in a time of flux.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1172554</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1172554</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1172554037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anna of Kleve, the Princess in the Portrait]]></title><description><![CDATA[Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to ensure the royal succession. Forty-six, overweight, and suffering from gout, Henry is soundly rejected by some of Europe's most eligible princesses. Anna of Kleve, from a small German duchy, is twenty-four, and has a secret she is desperate to keep hidden. Henry commissions her portrait from his court painter, who depicts her from the most flattering perspective. Entranced by the lovely image, Henry is bitterly surprised when Anna arrives in England and he sees her in the flesh. Some think her attractive, but Henry knows he can never love her. What follows is the fascinating story of an awkward royal union that somehow had to be terminated. Even as Henry begins to warm to his new wife and share her bed, his attention is captivated by one of her maids-of-honour. Will he accuse Anna of adultery as he did Queen Anne Boleyn, and send her to the scaffold? Or will he divorce her and send her home in disgrace?]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1053079</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1053079</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1053079037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Marriage Game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alison Weir brings Elizabeth I to vivid life in a novel of intrigue, sex, plots, mysteries and tragedies, amid all the colour and pageantry of the Tudor court. The TimesIt was an affair that shocked the world. Elizabeth I is the most sought-after bride in Europe. But though she is formidably intelligent, brave and tempestuous, she is desperately insecure. The tragic events in her past mean she cannot give herself to any man, and yet she relishes the thrill of the chase, the lure of forbidden fruit. And so, using sex and high-powered diplomacy, she plays what becomes known as the 'Marriage Game', dangling suitors to keep them friendly to her kingdom, while holding them off indefinitely. But playing this tantalising game with the married Robert Dudley, the son and grandson of traitors, could cost her the throne.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1066807</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1066807</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1066807037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tudor Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christmas in Tudor times was a period of feasting, revelry and merrymaking 'to drive the cold winter away?. A carnival atmosphere presided at court, with a twelve-day-long festival of entertainments, pageants, theatre productions and 'disguisings?, when even the king and queen dressed up in costume to fool their courtiers. Throughout the festive season, all ranks of subjects were freed for a short time from everyday cares to indulge in eating, drinking, dancing and game-playing. We might assume that our modern Christmas owes much to the Victorians. In fact, as Alison Weir and Siobhan Clarke reveal in this fascinating book, many of our favourite Christmas traditions date back much further. Carol-singing, present-giving, mulled wine and mince pies were all just as popular in Tudor times, and even Father Christmas and roast turkey dinners have their origins in this period. The festival was so beloved by English people that Christmas traditions survived remarkably unchanged in this age of tumultuous religious upheaval. Beautifully illustrated with original line drawings throughout, this enchanting compendium will fascinate anyone with an interest in Tudor life, and anyone who loves Christmas.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1035523</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1035523</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1035523037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queens of the Conquest]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lovers. Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and culminating in the turbulent life of the Empress Maud, who claimed to be Queen of England in her own right and fought a bitter war to that end, the five Norman queens emerge as hugely influential and fascinating characters. This work is a tale of interconnected lives and a rich portrait of English history in a time of flux.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1001254</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1001254</guid><category><![CDATA[PLAYAWAY_AUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1001254037</comments><format>PLAYAWAY_AUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>England&apos;s Medieval Queens</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queens of the Conquest]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. 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This work is a tale of interconnected lives and a rich portrait of English history in a time of flux.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C997154</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C997154</guid><category><![CDATA[RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997154037</comments><format>RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD</format><subtitle>England&apos;s Medieval Queens</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queens of the Conquest]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lovers. Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and culminating in the turbulent life of the Empress Maud, who claimed to be Queen of England in her own right and fought a bitter war to that end, the five Norman queens emerge as hugely influential and fascinating characters. 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It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lovers. In the first volume of this epic new series, Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and culminating in the turbulent life of the Empress Maud, who claimed to be queen of England in her own right and fought a bitter war to that end, the five Norman queens emerge as hugely influential figures and fascinating characters. Much more than a series of individual biographies, Queens of the Conquest is a seamless tale of interconnected lives and a rich portrait of English history in a time of flux. In Alison Weir's hands these five extraordinary women reclaim their rightful roles at the centre of English history.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C991700</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C991700</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/991700037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>1066-1167</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lost Tudor Princess]]></title><description><![CDATA[Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, and she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin and grandmother of monarchs. Some thought she should be queen of England. She ranked high at the court of her uncle, Henry VIII, and was lady of honour to five of his wives. Beautiful and tempestuous, she created scandal, not just once, but twice, by falling in love with unsuitable men. Fortunately, the marriage arranged for her turned into a love match. Throughout her life her dynastic ties to two crowns proved hazardous. A born political intriguer, she was imprisoned in the Tower of London on three occasions, once under sentence of death. She helped to bring about one of the most notorious royal marriages of the sixteenth century, but it brought her only tragedy. Her son and her husband were brutally murdered, and there were rumours that she herself was poisoned. She warred with two queens, Mary of Scotland and Elizabeth of England. A brave survivor, she was instrumental in securing the Stuart succession to the throne of England for her grandson. Her story deserves to be better known.  This is the biography of an extraordinary life that spanned five Tudor reigns, a life packed with intrigue, drama and tragedy.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C934251</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C934251</guid><category><![CDATA[RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/934251037</comments><format>RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katherine of Aragon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Young Katherine of Aragon, daughter of Spain's powerful monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, was an exquisite prize in the royal marriage market. Golden-haired, sixteen years old, she was sent to England to marry the future king, Arthur, Prince of Wales. But when Arthur died a few months after their wedding, Katherine's bright future was suddenly eclipsed. It took his younger brother Henry VIII eight long years to do the honorable thing and marry her. Their union was briefly happy until Katherine failed to bear a son, and Anne Boleyn caught Henry's eye.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C920316</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C920316</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/920316037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The True Queen</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lost Tudor Princess]]></title><description><![CDATA[Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, and she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin and grandmother of monarchs. Some thought she should be queen of England. She ranked high at the court of her uncle, Henry VIII, and was lady of honour to five of his wives. Beautiful and tempestuous, she created scandal, not just once, but twice, by falling in love with unsuitable men. Fortunately, the marriage arranged for her turned into a love match. Throughout her life her dynastic ties to two crowns proved hazardous. A born political intriguer, she was imprisoned in the Tower of London on three occasions, once under sentence of death. She helped to bring about one of the most notorious royal marriages of the sixteenth century, but it brought her only tragedy. Her son and her husband were brutally murdered, and there were rumours that she herself was poisoned. She warred with two queens, Mary of Scotland and Elizabeth of England. A brave survivor, she was instrumental in securing the Stuart succession to the throne of England for her grandson. Her story deserves to be better known.  This is the biography of an extraordinary life that spanned five Tudor reigns, a life packed with intrigue, drama and tragedy.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C946526</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C946526</guid><category><![CDATA[PLAYAWAY_AUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/946526037</comments><format>PLAYAWAY_AUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lost Tudor Princess]]></title><description><![CDATA[Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, and she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin and grandmother of monarchs. Some thought she should be queen of England. She ranked high at the court of her uncle, Henry VIII, and was lady of honour to five of his wives. Beautiful and tempestuous, she created scandal, not just once, but twice, by falling in love with unsuitable men. Fortunately, the marriage arranged for her turned into a love match. Throughout her life her dynastic ties to two crowns proved hazardous. A born political intriguer, she was imprisoned in the Tower of London on three occasions, once under sentence of death. She helped to bring about one of the most notorious royal marriages of the sixteenth century, but it brought her only tragedy. Her son and her husband were brutally murdered, and there were rumours that she herself was poisoned. She warred with two queens, Mary of Scotland and Elizabeth of England. A brave survivor, she was instrumental in securing the Stuart succession to the throne of England for her grandson. Her story deserves to be better known.  This is the biography of an extraordinary life that spanned five Tudor reigns, a life packed with intrigue, drama and tragedy.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1325016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1325016</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1325016037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth of York]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. The eldest daughter of Edward IV, at seventeen she was relegated from pampered princess to bastard fugitive, but the probable murders of her brothers, the Princes in the Tower, left Elizabeth heiress to the royal House of York, and in 1486, Henry VII, first sovereign of the House of Tudor, married her, thus uniting the red and white roses of Lancaster and York. Elizabeth is an enigma. She had schemed to marry Richard III, the man who had deposed and probably killed her brothers, and it is likely that she then intrigued to put Henry Tudor on the throne. Yet after marriage, a picture emerges of a model consort, mild, pious, generous and fruitful. It has been said that Elizabeth was distrusted and kept in subjection by Henry VII and her formidable mother-in-law, Margaret Beaufort, but contemporary evidence shows that Elizabeth was, in fact, influential, and may have been involved at the highest level in one of the most controversial mysteries of the age. Alison Weir builds an intriguing portrait of this beloved queen, placing her in the context of the magnificent, ceremonious, often brutal, world she inhabited, and revealing the woman behind the myth, showing that differing historical perceptions of Elizabeth can be reconciled.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1334655</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1334655</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1334655037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>The First Tudor Queen</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Marriage Game]]></title><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1756845</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1756845</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1756845037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel of Elizabeth I</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against Our Better Judgment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soon after WWII, US statesman Dean Acheson warned that creating Israel on land already inhabited by Palestinians would "imperil" both American and all Western interests in the region. Despite warnings such as this one, President Truman supported establishing a Jewish state on land primarily inhabited by Muslims and Christians. Few Americans today are aware that US support enabled the creation of modern Israel. Even fewer know that US politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military experts. As this work demonstrates, these politicians were bombarded by a massive pro-Israel lobbying effort that ranged from well-funded and very public Zionist organizations to an "elitist secret society" whose members included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C878603</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C878603</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/878603037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth of York]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. The eldest daughter of Edward IV, at seventeen she was relegated from pampered princess to bastard fugitive. This book tells her story.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C816532</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C816532</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/816532037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The First Tudor Queen</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Six Wives of Henry VIII]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on early biographies, letters, memoirs, account books, and diplomatic reports to bring these women to life. Catherine of Aragon emerges as a staunch though 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-natured and innocent woman naively unaware of the court intrigues that determined her fate; Catherine Howard, an empty-headed wanton; and Catherine Parr, a warm-blooded bluestocking who survived King Henry to marry a fourth time.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1333391</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1333391</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Alison, 1951-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1333391037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item></channel></rss>