TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Go too far on Tudor-speak, all hey-nonny-nonny, [and] you'll alienate your readers'
T2 - Alison Weir, historical fiction, and the representation of Tudor history
AU - Locke, Hilary Jane
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Alison Weir is a popular historian well-known for her biographies of Tudor historical figures, such as Henry VIII, his six wives, and Elizabeth I. Weir has also written nine historical fiction novels, including the 'Six Tudor Queens' series. This article argues that the 'Six Tudor Queens' is Weir's way of responding to popular, yet inaccurate, depictions of these historical figures, such as in the Showtime series The Tudors. These novels are designed to assert her authority over Tudor history and the article interrogates how Weir communicates her relationship to history through her public discussions and in the paratexts to the novels.
AB - Alison Weir is a popular historian well-known for her biographies of Tudor historical figures, such as Henry VIII, his six wives, and Elizabeth I. Weir has also written nine historical fiction novels, including the 'Six Tudor Queens' series. This article argues that the 'Six Tudor Queens' is Weir's way of responding to popular, yet inaccurate, depictions of these historical figures, such as in the Showtime series The Tudors. These novels are designed to assert her authority over Tudor history and the article interrogates how Weir communicates her relationship to history through her public discussions and in the paratexts to the novels.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099157275&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/pgn.2020.0120
DO - 10.1353/pgn.2020.0120
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 151
EP - 169
JO - Parergon: journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
JF - Parergon: journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
SN - 0313-6221
IS - 2
ER -