Lady elizabeth, paperback/alison weir

Alison Weir was already one of Britains most popular historians when she turned to historical fiction, which is proving to be a similar success.

Here she goes to the heart of Tudor England at its most dangerous and faction-riven, to tell the story of Elizabeth I before she became queen.

Weir employs contemporary gossip to intriguing effect.

With a style that casts even Philippa Gregorys stately gavottes in a dashing new light, Weir convinces with her scholarly grasp }Independent{.