Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, a part of the Agora Podcast Network.

I'm your host Heather Tesco, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because

I believe it's a pathway to understanding who we are,

our place in the universe, and being more deeply in touch with our own humanity. This is episode

121, and it is an interview with Alison Weir. This is her fourth time on the show, and she is here

talking about her new book, Anna of Clavea, the Princess in the Portrait. Before that, though,

I just want to make

a very exciting announcement. I have received permission from the venue where TudorCon is happening

to film and stream the entire weekend. So for those of you who really want to come to TudorCon,

but you can't make it to Pennsylvania. I now have a digital

ticket available and you can check that out and learn more at Englandcast.com slash Tudercon

2019. Englandcast.com slash TudorCon 2019 is the link to get you to TudorCon. So you can

attend virtually. All the talks will be streamed. It will all be

monitored so you can ask questions live. The parties will be streamed with hosts and special

interviews just for the streaming attendees and you even get a swag bag. So check it out,

Englandcast.com slash TudorCon 2019. Now let me introduce you to Alison Weir. Alison Weir is the top-selling

female historian and fifth best-selling historian overall in the United Kingdom and is sold over 2.7 million books worldwide.

She's published 18 history books, including her most recent nonfiction book, Queens of the Conquest,

the first in her England's medieval Queen's Quartet.

Allison has also published several historical novels, including Innocent Trader and the Lady

Elizabeth.

Anna of Clava, Queen of Secrets, is Alison Weir's ninth published novel and her fourth in the six

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