Six Tudor Queens: Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife

Alison Weir

She writes historical non-fiction and historical novels, with a strong focus on Tudor England and medieval queens.

Her major series include the Six Tudor Queens novels (about Henry VIII's wives) and the England's Medieval Queens quartet. A common starting point is Six Tudor Queens 1: Katherine of Aragon for fiction, and Queens of the Conquest followed by Queens of the Crusades for her medieval-queens non-fiction.

The series order is: 1) Katherine of Aragon (The True Queen), 2) Anne Boleyn (A King's Obsession), 3) Jane Seymour (The Haunted Queen), 4) Anna of Kleve (Queen of Secrets), 5) Katheryn Howard (The Tainted Queen), 6) Katharine Parr (The Sixth Wife).

Yes — she has published around twenty history books. The England's Medieval Queens quartet examines England's medieval queens; Queens of the Crusades is listed as the second volume and Queens of the Conquest is another title in the quartet.

She is the bestselling female historian in the UK (fifth-bestselling historian overall), has sold over 3 million books worldwide, has multiple Sunday Times bestsellers, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and is an honorary life patron of Historic Royal Palaces.