Alison Weir is an author who knows how to make her subject matter fascinating, and who's knowledge on the history of the royal family going back several centuries, knows no bounds. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting her, and I wish I'd had Alison as my history teacher, I might have stayed with it instead of swanning of to geography! I had no idea who Katherine Swynford was, but as I learned about her I discovered all about John of Gaunt, Chaucer and many many other historical figures. Alison here talks very enthusiastically and persuasively.

On September 20th 2007, David and I went to Alison Weir's house to talk about her book Katherine Swynford. We both thoroughly enjoyed meeting her and hearing how she came to write about an historical  person with so little information to work on. Alison's mind is full of wonderful facts about English Royalty that is second to none! A wonderful writer who makes history come alive.

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I very much enjoyed reading Katherine Swynford by Alison Weir and was struck by how she managed to piece together a history when very little information could be found.