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'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I say it? - history!
~ Alison Weir
Became
Book
Britain
Dare
Families
First
Head
History
Published
Rest
Royal
Say
Story
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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
About
Acts
Age
Because
Boring
Factory
Found
History
Industrial
Industrial Revolution
Know
Make
People
Revolution
School
Sixteen
Studying
System
Trade
Trade Unions
Unions
Up
Wanted
Were
Which
Who
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History was a hobby for about, oh, 20 years before I got into print.
~ Alison Weir
About
Before
Got
History
Hobby
Oh
Print
Years
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I feel very strongly that where the facts exist, a historical novelist should use them if they're writing about a person who really lived, because a lot of people come to history through historical novels. I did. And a lot of people want their history that way.
~ Alison Weir
About
Because
Come
Did
Exist
Facts
Feel
Historical
History
I Feel
Lived
Lot
Novelist
Novels
People
Person
Really
Should
Strongly
Them
Through
Use
Very
Want
Way
Where
Who
Writing
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I love reading about the supernatural, and time-slip novels, and the mistress of both is Barbara Erskine.
~ Alison Weir
About
Barbara
Both
I Love
Love
Mistress
Novels
Reading
Supernatural
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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?
~ Alison Weir
Bad
Good
History
Know
Learn
Legend
People
Rather
Really
Than
Truth
Want
Why
You
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In 1965, when I was fourteen, I read my first adult novel; it was a historical novel about Katherine of Aragon, and I could not put it down. When I finished it, I had to find out the true facts behind the story and if people really carried on like that in those days. So I began to read proper history books, and found that they did!
~ Alison Weir
About
Adult
Began
Behind
Books
Carried
Could
Days
Did
Down
Facts
Find
Finished
First
Found
Fourteen
Had
Historical
History
History Books
Like
Novel
Out
People
Proper
Put
Read
Really
Story
Story Books
Those
True
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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.
~ Alison Weir
Absolute
Because
Books
Buzz
Enjoyed
Feedback
Get
Gives
Grew
Hobby
Huge
Lovely
Me
Out
Passion
People
People Say
Say
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Many people have told me that my books read like novels. Perhaps this is because, when I write, I feel I am really there, so strong is my feeling for my subject. On occasion, I have been so moved by the events I have been describing that I have felt like crying.
~ Alison Weir
Am
Because
Been
Books
Crying
Describing
Events
Feel
Feeling
Felt
I Am
I Feel
I Write
Like
Many
Me
Moved
Novels
Occasion
People
Perhaps
Read
Really
Strong
Subject
Write
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The first Elizabeth film was an absolute travesty historically. It really was sloppy. Things like 'The Other Boleyn Girl' and 'The Tudors,' people's perception is distorted because of these. It matters to me as a historian, because I spend my life trying to get it right.
~ Alison Weir
Absolute
Because
Distorted
Elizabeth
Film
First
Get
Girl
Historian
Historically
Life
Like
Matters
Me
My Life
Other
People
Perception
Really
Right
Sloppy
Spend
Things
Trying
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When I started researching history in the 1960s, a lot of women about whom I've subsequently written were actually footnotes to history. There was a perception that women weren't important. And it's true. Women were seen historically as far inferior to men.
~ Alison Weir
1960s
About
Actually
Far
Historically
History
Important
Inferior
Lot
Men
Perception
Researching
Seen
Started
Subsequently
True
Were
Whom
Women
Written
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