{"id":47469,"date":"2021-03-19T09:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T09:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/?p=47469"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:01:00","slug":"meet-the-author-alison-weir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/bn\/meet-the-author-alison-weir\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Author: Alison Weir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<em><strong>19 March 2021<\/strong><\/em>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; link_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Alison Weir is the biggest-selling female historian (and the fifth best-selling historian) in the United Kingdom since records began in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>She has published thirty titles and sold more than 3 million books \u2013 over a million in the UK and 2.2 million in the USA. She is now working on two concurrent series of books: Six Tudor Queens, comprising six novels on the wives of Henry VIII, and England&#8217;s Medieval Queens, a quartet of historical works of non-fiction. You can find Alison&#8217;s books on the <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/borrow\/our-catalogue\/\">Suffolk Community Libraries catalogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; link_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who were your literary heroes as you were growing up and when did you first become interested in history?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a young child, I loved Enid Blyton, A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis and Frances Hodgson Burnett. I got into history in a big way when I was fourteen and read my first adult novel, about Henry VIII and his wives. I got hooked overnight. After that, my literary heroes were historical novelists &#8211; Margaret Campbell Barnes, Jean Plaidy, Hilda Lewis, Anya Seton and the wonderful Norah Lofts &#8211; my favourite author of all time. I loved reading the work of historians, of course &#8211; Antonia Fraser was an inspiration. I devoured her biography of <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=359688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mary, Queen of Scots<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your writing routine? Do you have a favourite desk and a view? Do you keep particular hours?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I work to office hours. I aim to be at my desk by 9.30am, then I check emails and do admin (there&#8217;s a lot of it in normal times, when I&#8217;m doing events) before getting down to work by 11am. Usually I work on fiction in the mornings, writing five pages on Word, then break for lunch at 1.30pm. From 2pm to 5pm, I work on non-fiction. I then exercise for 30 minutes, and may go back to work until 6pm, when we have supper. Evenings are free. We converted our double garage into a library\/study for me, where my desk is surrounded by bookshelves and I can look out of two large picture windows into the close beyond, which is quiet and full of greenery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How have you coped with the whole lockdown scenario? I&#8217;m guessing that researching online is nowhere near as good as access to records in person?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of writing and am now well ahead of schedule. Fortunately, I had done most of my original research before lockdown began, and I&#8217;ve been going through the books in my library and trawling the internet for sources I can&#8217;t find.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your new title in May\u00a0 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2883056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8211; recounts the story of Henry VIII&#8217;s last wife. Can you give Suffolk readers a flavour of that and what it was like to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I hope the book gives balance to Katharine&#8217;s life. People forget that she was married four times, and the focus is often on her relationships with Henry VIII and Thomas Seymour. The Victorians saw her as Henry&#8217;s nurse, but that is a distortion. She was far more important than that. And she trod a dangerous path, having to keep secret her love for Seymour and her heretical religious views. I think that Henry tried to protect her. His love for her was genuine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there anything you can share with us about your latest project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working on the first of a series of three newly commissioned novels. I can&#8217;t tell you more about them, as they haven&#8217;t been announced yet. I&#8217;m also working on <em>Queens of the Age of Chivalry<\/em>, the third book in my quartet on England&#8217;s Medieval Queens. And there&#8217;s another book &#8211; still unannounced &#8211; coming out later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a message for your many Suffolk readers? I can remember watching your presentation at Beccles Library with Kate Williams quite a few years ago now. Do you get to visit Suffolk at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love Suffolk &#8211; it&#8217;s the most beautiful part of the world. I&#8217;ve brought tour groups there and I&#8217;m a patron of Red Rose Chain at Ipswich. They do wonderful productions. One of my favourite places is Lavenham, but but there are so many others that draw me. I always jump at the chance to do an event in Suffolk, and am hoping that I&#8217;ll be able to do another before too long. So, I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing Suffolk readers soon!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your best book read\/best music\/best TV of 2020?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I loved Ken Follett&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2769823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Evening and the Morning<\/em><\/a>, the prequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2175038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Pillars of the Earth<\/em><\/a>. He writes wonderful books that bring a past age to life.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t keep up with current music &#8211; I don&#8217;t have time &#8211; so I tend to discover it, usually late in the day, or keep to the same artistes. Last year it was Blackmore&#8217;s Night and Runrig (their farewell concert was sublime).<\/p>\n<p>Favourite TV? 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