Reviews
"This nuanced, smart, and assertive biography reclaims the life of a Tudor matriarch."-- Publishers Weekly "Weir has achieved the enviable skill of blending the necessary forensic and analytical tasks of academia with the passionate engagement that avocational history lovers crave."--Bookreporter "Top-notch . . . This book further proves that [Weir] is a historian of the highest caliber."--Washington Independent Review of Books "Weir matches her usual professional skills in research and interpretation to her customary, felicitous style."-- Booklist, "This nuanced, smart, and assertive biography reclaims the life of a Tudor matriarch."-- Publishers Weekly "Weir has achieved the enviable skill of blending the necessary forensic and analytical tasks of academia with the passionate engagement that avocational history lovers crave."--Bookreporter "Top-notch . . . This book further proves that [Weir] is a historian of the highest caliber."--Washington Independent Review of Books "Weir matches her usual professional skills in research and interpretation to her customary, felicitous style."-- Booklist, "This nuanced, smart, and assertive biography reclaims the life of a Tudor matriarch."- Publishers Weekly "Weir has achieved the enviable skill of blending the necessary forensic and analytical tasks of academia with the passionate engagement that avocational history lovers crave."-Bookreporter "Top-notch . . . This book further proves that [Weir] is a historian of the highest caliber."-Washington Independent Review of Books "Weir matches her usual professional skills in research and interpretation to her customary, felicitous style."- Booklist