If you liked Alison Weir’s The Lady in the Tower…

Josephine Wilkinson: The Early Love of Anne Boleyn
If you’re keen to learn more abut the protagonist from Alison’s book, The Early Loves of Anne Boleyn by Josephine Wilkinson is a fascinating account of her early life and education. Having spent her youth at the courts of the low countries and in France where she had been sent as a result of her scandalous behaviour with her father’s butler and chaplain, Anne returned to England to a series of suitors before making her fatal marriage to Henry VIII.

Antonia Fraser: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
For a broader account of Henry Tudor’s taste in women, Antonia Fraser’s The Six Wives of Henry VIII gives these rich and feisty characters a fair trial. Well-known for how their lives ended, this book offers a glimpse into their lives before Henry and the rivalries between the Queens, providing a dramatic story of romance and cruelty.