Alison Weir

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1989
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Six Tudor Queens

1 - Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen (Jun-2016)
2 - Anne Boleyn, a King's Obsession (May-2017)
3 - Jane Seymour, the Haunted Queen (May-2018)
4 - Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait (May-2019)
5 - Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen (May-2020)
6 - Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife (May-2021)

Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • Peter, Good Night

  • The Princes in the Tower

    Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain two of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill "th...

  • Innocent Traitor

    I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir's enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods...

  • The Lady Elizabeth

    Even as a very young child, Elizabeth Tudor is keenly aware that people in the court of her father, King Henry VIII, have stopped referring to her as "Lady Princess" and now call her "the Lady Elizabeth." She soon learns why, as her sister, Mary, tel...

  • The Lady in the Tower

    Nearly five hundred years after her violent death, Anne Boleyn, second wife to Henry VIII, remains one of the world's most fascinating, controversial, and tragic heroines. Now acclaimed historian and bestselling author Alison Weir has drawn on myriad...

  • Mistress of the Monarchy

    Acclaimed author Alison Weir brings to life the extraordinary tale of Katherine Swynford, a royal mistress who became one of the most crucial figures in the history of Great Britain. Born in the mid-fourteenth century, Katherine de Rot was only twel...

  • Captive Queen

    Having proven herself a gifted and engaging novelist with her portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I in The Lady Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey in Innocent Traitor, New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir now harks back to the twelfth century with a sen...

  • The Children of Henry VIII

    At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his seco...

  • The Wars of the Roses

    Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the British monarchy. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched on London. Old noble names were ruined while rising dynasties seized ...



  • A Dangerous Inheritance

    In this engrossing novel of historical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir tells the dramatic intertwined stories of two women -- Katherine Grey and Kate Plantagenet -- separated by time but linked by twin destinies . . . . involv...

  • The Marriage Game

    In this compelling novel of Tudor drama and suspense, acclaimed author Alison Weir brings to life one of England’s most scandalous royal love affairs: the romance between the “Virgin Queen” Elizabeth I and her courtier Lord Robert Dudley. O...

  • Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen

    Six Tudor Queens - 1

    Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir takes on what no fiction writer has done before: creating a dramatic six-book series in which each novel covers one of King Henry VIII's wives. In this captivating opening volume, Weir brings to ...

  • Anne Boleyn, a King's Obsession

    Six Tudor Queens - 2

    The story of Henry VIII's second and most infamous wife, Anne Boleyn, unfolds in the second novel of Alison Weir's epic Six Tudor Queens series, which began with "Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen." ...

  • The Chateau of Briis

    The Chateau of Briis: A Lesson in Love by historian Alison Weir is an e-short and companion piece to the Sunday Times bestseller Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession , the second novel in the spellbinding series about Henry VIII's queens. 'May I ha...

  • The Grandmother's Tale

    The Grandmother's Tale by historian Alison Weir is an e-short and companion piece to Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession , the second spellbinding novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. I see her from time to time, and I wish I didn't, but I don't sa...

  • Jane Seymour, the Haunted Queen

    Six Tudor Queens - 3

    Acclaimed author and historian Alison Weir continues her epic Six Tudor Queens series with this third captivating novel, which brings to life Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII’s most cherished bride and mother of his only legitimate male heir. ...

  • The Unhappiest Lady in Christendom

    The Unhappiest Lady in Christendom by historian Alison Weir is a captivating e-short and companion piece to the third novel in the Six Tudor Queens series, Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen. I was to be chief mourner - I, for whom Queen Jane ha...

  • Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait

    Six Tudor Queens - 4

    Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII’s fourth wife, as the grieving king chooses a bride sight unseen in the fourth novel in the epic and intrigue-filled Six Tudor Queens series. Newly...

  • Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen

    Six Tudor Queens - 5

    Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII's fifth wife, a nineteen-year-old beauty with a hidden past, in this fifth novel in the sweeping Six Tudor Queens series. In the spring of 1540, Henry ...



  • Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife

    Six Tudor Queens - 6

    Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir brings her Tudor Queens series to a close with the remarkable story of Henry VIII's sixth and final wife, who manages to survive him and remarry, only to be thrown into a romantic intrigue th...

  • The Curse of the Hungerfords

  • Firstborn

  • In This New Sepulchre

  • The King's Painter

  • The Princess of Scotland

  • The Queen's Child

  • The Wicked Wife

  • In the Shadow of Queens

  • The Last White Rose

    New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the turbulent life of Henry VIII’s mother, Elizabeth, the first queen of the Tudor dynasty, in this “superbly readable and engaging” (Historical Novels Society) novel. Elizabeth o...



  • The Heart and the Crown

  • The King's Pleasure

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his dramatic and brutal reign in this extraordinary historical novel.“A delightful yarn . . . an all-around fun read...

  • Queen of Sorrows

  • The Passionate Tudor

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poignant life of King Henry VIII’s daughter -- infamously known as Bloody Mary -- who ruled England for five violent years.“An exquisitely drawn, poign...

  • The Cardinal

    In this thrilling novel of friendship and betrayal at the royal court, the New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the rise of Thomas Wolsey, who was Henry VIII's chief advisor -- until the king accused him of treaso...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alison Weir has published 34 books.

The next book by Alison Weir, The Cardinal, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Alison Weir, Peter, Good Night, was published in March 1989.

Yes. Alison Weir has 1 series.
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