Alison Weir | Queens at War: England's Medieval Queens

The fifteenth century was a turbulent age and each of the five queens who appear in Alison Weir's latest book were caught up in wars that changed the courses of their lives: the Hundred Years War between England and France, and the Wars of the Roses, between the royal Houses of Lancaster and York. Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI all married to seal a peace with France. Edward IV married - scandalously - for love, Richard III to gain great estates. Of their respective wives, Joan of Navarre was imprisoned as a witch; Katherine of Valois, who brought her husband the French crown, later married her wardrobe master and became the ancestress of the Tudors; Margaret of Anjou fought a civil war on her feeble husband's behalf; Elizabeth Woodville lived to see her sons, the Princes in the Tower, disappear from history; and Anne Neville died after losing her only child, forsaken by her husband. Theirs are stirring stories of triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder, and malice.

Alison Weir is Britain’s biggest-selling female historian. She has published thirty-two titles and sold more than three million books.

Alison Weir will be giving away a signed copy of her book to one fortunate event attendee!

The event will be followed by a question and answer session and book signing.

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