Traitors of the Tower - Softcover

Weir, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099542285 ISBN 13: 9780099542285

Publisher: Vintage, 2010

Synopsis

More than four hundred years ago, seven people were beheaded in the Tower of London. Three had been queens of England. The others were found guilty of treason. Why were such important people put to death?

Alison Weir's gripping book tells their stories: from the former friend betrayed by a man set on being king, to the young girl killed after just nine days on the throne. Traitors of the Tower is a short, sharp shot of royal revenge from the master of popular history and one of Britain's top-selling historians, Alison Weir.

'Weir provides immense satisfaction. She writes in a pacy, vivid style, engaging the heart as well as the mind' Independent

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Review:

"Alison Weir is one of our greatest popular historians" (Daily Mail)

"Weir provides immense satisfaction. She writes in a pacy, vivid style, engaging the heart as well as the mind" (Amanda Foreman Independent)

"Weir wears her learning lightly and has a pleasant habit of anticipating all the questions of a curious reader" (Publishers Weekly)

Book Description:

Produced as part of the Quick Reads Series, Alison Weir's Traitors of the Tower is a wonderful introduction to this brilliant historian.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0099542285
• ISBN 13: 9780099542285
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96