alison weir – Meditations

July 17, 2023

Review: Henry VIII, Alison Weir

Rating: 3 out of 5 I have read a lot of Ms Alison Weir. In general, my problem with her history is that due…

June 12, 2020

Rating: 1 out of 5 I don’t know why I even tried reading this, having so recently tried another book by Ms Weir. Perhaps…

May 13, 2020

Rating: 2 out of 5 Well, I stepped into this myself. I know how Ms Weir writes and what she writes about. What I…

March 13, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 I read two histories that could have been one. One of these was Isabella’s biography; the second was Edward…

March 13, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 In a surprising twist, I accidentally planned books on Isabella and Edward III to be read one after the…

March 26, 2019

Rating: 3 out of 5 I’m one to like a good narrative history, especially of the earlier medieval times in England. However, this book…

July 22, 2018

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was hoping this would be on par with some other works by Alison Weir I’ve read, but I…

February 3, 2018

Lancaster and York: The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir My rating: 4 of 5 stars I found this a good overview of…