![]() ![]() WEIR: Perhaps for parts of the book, yes. Thank you.ĬONAN: Is bodice-ripper an accurate description? ![]() ALISON WEIR (Author, "Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine"): It's a pleasure to be here. It's a pleasure to have you on the program today. Alison Weir's latest novel is "Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine," and she joins us here in Studio 3A. Email us: You can also comment on our blog at npr.org/blogofthenation. If you read historical fiction, what have you learned? Or if you have questions for Alison Weir, our number is 80. Historical fiction is one way to describe what she does - bodice-ripper may be more specific. ![]() But Weir then used that history as the basis of a series of novels. British historian Alison Weir conducted exhaustive academic research into the lives, personalities and lusts of, among others, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Eleanor of Aquitaine. England's Tudor Dynasty featured some of the most significant and salacious monarchs in history. ![]()
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