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 Alison Weir was already one of Britain's most popular historians when she wrote her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which hit the Sunday Times bestseller list to a chorus of praise.

Now, in her second novel, Alison Weir goes to the heart of Tudor England at its most dangerous and faction-riven in telling the story of Elizabeth I before she became queen. The towering capricious figure of Henry VIII dominates her childhood, but others play powerful roles: Mary, first a loving sister, then as queen a lethal threat; Edward, the rigid and sad little King; Thomas Seymour, the Lord High Admiral, whose ambitions, both political and sexual, are unbridled. And, an ever-present ghost, the enigmatic, seductive figure of her mother Anne Boleyn, executed by Henry, whose story Elizabeth must unravel.

Elizabeth learns early that the adult world contains many threats that have to be negotiated if she is to keep her heart and her head.

©2008 Alison Weir (P)2009 Random House Audiobooks Biographical Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Biography Tudor Royalty Heartfelt England
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I absolutely love the story. However, Audible does not state this as a reading of the abridged version. I have ADHD and bought both the physical book and the audible version for my class on literary adaptations of the Tudor history. My goal was to read and listen simultaneously, but the recording is abridged... Such a let down.

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Exceptional, wonderfully written book. I would strongly recommend. I was transported into Elizabeth's shoes.

Superb

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Excellent novel and extremely well performed by Emma Fielding, highly recommended listening. onwards to the next novel!

Another fabulous novel by Alisin Wier

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The story was okay, not the best to be honest and the narration was dull

Okay

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Alison Weir is a fine historian and her first venture into historical fiction was about Lady Jane Grey and was splendid. I have listened to it twice. So I was excited to learn of this new venture. However, it is extremely disappointing, perhaps because we know quite a lot about Elizabeth and less about Jane. But the Jane book gave a far more personalised picture; this is just the usual historical background with dialogue. Reasonably well read.

Deeply disappointing

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