'And engaging novel, full of vivid details. Well written and researched, it succeeds as a thoroughly involving novel by bringing a disparate, sympathetic group of characters to life.' ( Library Journal - starred review) 'A treat for fans of meaty historical fiction. A brilliantly vivid and psychologically astute novel' ( Booklist - starred review) 'Sensitive and fast-paced … shines in portraying Jane as a highly intelligent, angry, determined teenager who met a terrible end.” An enthralling story.' ( The Washington Post) ' Grey's short life is vividly recreated in this moving and multi-faceted narrative.' ( The Sunday Times, paperback review) In giving narrative voice to her subjects Alison Weir brings us into emotional contact with them in a way that an unadorned historical account does not.' ( The Boston Globe) Weir shows skill at plotting and maintaining tension, and she is clearly going to be a major player in the historical fiction game.' ( The Independent on Sunday) 'Excellently documented by Weir, as we would expect, and she gives us a meaty flavour of… one of the bloodiest and most dangerous periods in history… This is an impressive debut. 'Weir invests with fascinating detail… Weir manages her heroine`s voice brilliantly, respecting the past`s distance while conjuring a dignified and fiercely modern spirit.' ( The Daily Mail) 'Alison Weir's hugely popular history books are as gripping as novels, and now she has stepped effortlessly over the boundary… Her knowledge of the background is immaculate, and she revels in the freedom of fiction without sacrificing historical fact… If you don`t cry at the end, you have a heart of stone.' ( The Times)

It reads as easily as a thriller, but the reader may be assured that this is only lightly fictionalised history… This is a novel that will grip readers and give great pleasure.' (Allan Massie, The Scotsman) 'The story is so compelling and horrible that even a reader well-acquainted with it will be gripped. 'Her brave move is a success… Compellingly told from various points of view, this story is bolstered by fabulously gruesome historical details.' ( The Sunday Times) (Right: Book of the Day on British Monarchy on Instagram, 12th February 2015) I chose the costumes for my Hutchinson fiction jackets, and attended the shoots. paperback jacket design, and two stills from the jacket shoot at St Bartholemew's Church, Smithfield, London.

I am to die when I have hardly begun to live.Ībove: Unused U.K.

Innocent traitor by alison weir