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» Alison Weir - Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
   Reviews of Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey. Overall Rating: 4.5 stars from 4 consumer reviews.
   http://www.epinions.com/Book_Innocent_Traitor_A_Novel_of_Lady_Jane_Grey_Alison_Weir/display_~reviews

» Alison Weir on LibraryThing
   Offers reviews of the author's works.
   http://www.librarything.com/author/weiralison

» Associated Content: Alison Weir's The Princes in the Tower
   Weir's book would have been better if it had maintained a more objective view of the issue. By Adam Kamerer.
   http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/231680/alison_weirs_the_princes_in_the_tower.html

» Book Review: Alison Weir's The Lady Elizabeth
   Indulging in some fictional legerdemain, the author has crafted an intriguing protagonist, her destiny writ large long before she ascends the throne after her unhappy sister’s death. By Luan Gaines.
   http://www.curledup.com/ladyeliz.htm

» Book Review: The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
   After reading several of Alison Weir's books, nonfiction as well as fiction, I am convinced that time machines exist. How else to explain the richly textured dialogue and scenes of 16th century England that Weir brings to the fore in "The Lady Elizabeth".
   http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977326250

» California Literary Review: The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
   Weir says in her endnote that she makes no apology for weaving into her story a tale that goes against all her instincts as a historian, but her instincts are sound, and readers would be willing to trust them. By Elinor Teele.
   http://calitreview.com/748

» Carla Nayland Book Review: Innocent Traitor, by Alison Weir
   Innocent Traitor does an excellent job of conveying the sense of Jane as a political pawn.
   http://www.carlanayland.org/reviews/innocent_traitor.htm

» Editorial Book Review - Shelfari: The Life of Elizabeth I
   The long life and powerful personality of England's beloved Virgin Queen have eternal appeal, and popular historian Alison Weir depicts both with panache. By Wendy Smith.
   http://www.shelfari.com/books/50927/The-Life-of-Elizabeth-I/editorialreviews

» Historical Boys: Review of Alison Weir's "Innocent Traitor"
   Readers of historical fiction should not miss this compelling debut by one of England's foremost authorities on the Tudors - a tale of grandeur, betrayal and innocence, framed by one woman's journey from throne to scaffold. By C.W. Gortner.
   http://historicalboys.blogspot.com/2007/11/review-of-alison-weirs-innocent-traitor.html

» Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
   Innocent Traitor is a new historical novel by noted historian Alison Weir. It is based around the story of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Day Queen and is a must read for anyone interested in the drama and scandal of the Tudor dynasty. By Lorri Mealey.
   http://weuropeanhistory.suite101.com/blog.cfm/innocent_traitor_by_alison_weir

» NYTimes: Queen Isabella - Femme Fatale
   Weir is clearly at home trolling ancient archives for the housekeeping accounts, letters and chronicles that yield clues about 14th-century misbehavior. By Alida Becker.
   http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/books/review/16becker.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

» Nashville Scene - The Child Who Would Be Queen
   Alison Weir takes on, yet again, the story of England’s first Queen Elizabeth utilizing viewpoint of an omniscient narrator and employing dialogue stylized for the period. By Lacey Galbraith.
   http://www.nashvillescene.com/2008-05-29/arts/the-child-who-would-be-queen/

» New York Times: Sibling Rivalry
   Like anthropology, history and biography can demonstrate unfamiliar ways of feeling and being. Alison Weir's sympathetic collective biography ''The Children of Henry VIII'' does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed, and for the better. By
   http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/books/sibling-rivalry.html?fta=y

» NewStandard: "The Children of Henry VIII," by Alison Weir
   Alison Weir, a popular English historian whose previous works include "The Six Wives of Henry VIII," does full justice to the subject in "The Children of Henry VIII." By Susan Jacoby.
   http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/07-96/07-22-96/c06ae086.htm

» NewsWeekly Books: The Heirs of King Henry VIII
   A highly readable work of history, Children of England covers in narrative form the biographies of Henry VIII's children, Edward VI (1547 -1553), Mary I (1553 -1558) and Elizabeth I's accession to the throne in 1558. By Michael Daniel.
   http://www.newsweekly.com.au/articles/1999dec18_bah.html

» ReadingGroupGuides.com - Henry VIII by Alison Weir
   Offers synopsis, critical praise and questions for discussion.
   http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides3/henry_viii1.asp

» Reviews: Henry VIII: King and Court by Alison Weir
   Alison Weir has added to the large pile of lives of Henry VIII. Founded on diligent reading, hers is a great pudding of a book, which will do no harm to those who choose to read it.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/jul/21/historybooks.highereducation

» Revish: Review of The Children of England - Heirs of King Henry VIII
   Alison Weir is a warhorse of English historical biography. She has an incredibly detailed knowledge of the minutiae of Tudor royal clothing, what jewels they wore on which occasion, what food and household items were bought or presented to the Royal house
   http://www.revish.com/reviews/0712673199/bluecat/

» The Boston Globe: A Tudor and a Tortoise, Both in Fine Voice
   In giving narrative voice to her subjects Weir brings us into emotional contact with them in a way that an unadorned historical account does not. We feel, rather than merely acknowledge, that these crimes and machinations were the actual doings of real in
   http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2007/02/25/a_tudor_and_a_tortoise_both_in_fine_voice/

» The Shelf Life: Tudor Time
   Weir’s masterful weaving of fact and fiction creates tension between the two sisters as Mary’s health worsens and Elizabeth’s ascension draws closer. The author closes her story as all good novelists do, leaving the reader wanting more. By Cindy Wol
   http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_shelf_life/2008/05/tudor-time.html

» The View From The Foothills: Eleanor Of Aquitaine: A Life, by Alison Weir
   Weir makes very clear what is known fact and what is supposition in her biography and where sources give no information about Eleanor, she fills in the gaps with what is known about Henry II. By Deb English.
   http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/351

» WashingtonPost.com: The Nine Days' Queen
   After publishing 10 works of history about the kings and queens of England, Alison Weir has come over to the dark side and written a novel. By Ron Charles.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030102101.html