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 FremantleIn 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 BormanIt’s a rare gift for an author to be able to transport their readers to times past, but Alison Weir does so with ease. With each page of The Boleyn Secret, I felt as though I were eavesdropping on the scandalous world of the Tudors, and experiencing their world as they would have done. Full of tension, passion, jealousy and heartbreak, The Boleyn Secret is an unputdownable tale of one who might’ve been closer to the heart of the Tudor court than was ever acknowledged. When it comes to historical fiction, Alison Weir is unbeatable – Nicola TallisBeautifully written, full of emotion, in telling the vivid, moving story of Katherine Carey, Alison Weir takes you to a front seat at the Tudor court, glittering, treacherous, terrifying. Katherine sees her aunt Anne Boleyn executed, serves her cousin, Elizabeth, and is drawn into the Tudor world of secrets. Fascinating – Kate Williams

Alison Weir is a bestselling historical novelist of Tudor fiction, and the leading female historian in the United Kingdom. She has published more than thirty books, including many leading works of non-fiction, and has sold over three million copies worldwide.

Her novels include the Tudor Rose trilogy, which spans three generations of history’s most iconic family - the Tudors, and the highly acclaimed Six Tudor Queens series about the wives of Henry VIII, all of which were Sunday Times bestsellers.

Alison is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an honorary life patron of Historic Royal Palaces.

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