Alison Weir Quotes

Alison Weir — British Historian

Alison Weir is a British writer of history books, and latterly historical novels, mostly in the form of biographies about British royalty... (wikipedia)

It gives me a huge buzz when people say they've enjoyed my books, because this grew out of a hobby, and it's an absolute passion, and it's lovely when I get feedback.

I love reading about the supernatural, and time-slip novels, and the mistress of both is Barbara Erskine.

If people really want to know and learn from history, why do they want bad history? Why don't they want good history? Wouldn't you rather know the truth, rather than the legend?

History was a hobby for about, oh, 20 years before I got into print.

At school, up to the age of sixteen, I found history boring, for we were studying the Industrial Revolution, which was all about Acts, Trade Unions and the factory system, and I wanted to know about people, because it is people who make history.

Alison Weir Quotes

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