Alison Weir
Alison Weir
Alison Weiris a British writer of history books, and latterly historical novels, mostly in the form of biographies about British royalty...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionHistorian
historical history novelist people strongly
I feel very strongly that where the facts exist, a historical novelist should use them if they're writing about a person who really lived, because a lot of people come to history through historical novels. I did. And a lot of people want their history that way.
barbara both love mistress reading
I love reading about the supernatural, and time-slip novels, and the mistress of both is Barbara Erskine.
adult began behind carried finished found historical history novel people proper
In 1965, when I was fourteen, I read my first adult novel; it was a historical novel about Katherine of Aragon, and I could not put it down. When I finished it, I had to find out the true facts behind the story and if people really carried on like that in those days. So I began to read proper history books, and found that they did!
history
History was a hobby for about, oh, 20 years before I got into print.