Alison Weir

Alison Weir
BornAlison Matthews
London, England
OccupationAuthor, historian
LanguageEnglish
EducationCity of London School for Girls
Alma materUniversity of North London
GenreHistory
Historical fiction
SubjectPrimarily English royalty
Spouse
Rankin Weir
(m. 1972)
Children2
Website
alisonweir.org.uk

Alison Weir (née Matthews) is a British author and public historian. She primarily writes about the history of English royal women and families, in the form of biographies that explore their historical setting. She has also written numerous works of historical fiction.[1]

Her first work, Britain's Royal Families (published in 1989), was a genealogical overview of the British royal family. She subsequently wrote biographies of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Katherine Swynford, Elizabeth of York, and the Princes in the Tower. Other focuses have included Henry VIII and his family and England's Medieval Queens. Weir has published historical overviews of the Wars of the Roses and royal weddings, as well as historical fiction novels on English queens, including each wife of Henry VIII.

  1. ^ "Alison Weir". Contemporary Authors Online, Literature Resource Center. Gale. 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2012.