Anne Somerset was born in 1955 and read History at King's College, London. Her first book, ‘The Life and Times of William IV’, was published in 1980. This was followed in 1984 by the bestselling ‘Ladies-in-Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day’, an acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I in 1991, and ‘Unnatural Murder: Poison in the Court of James I: The Overbury Murder’ in 1998. Her most recent work is ‘The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV’.
‘Proves no period of history is ever dull… A wonderfully pacy and
absorbing read.’ John Harding, Mail on Sunday ‘One of the most
enjoyable biographies I’ve read in the past year, elegantly written
and with an encyclopaedic grasp of the period. I loved every page
of it’ Literary Review ‘It has taken immense patience and skill
….to create a new and subtler image of the last of the Stuart
monarchs. Anne Somerset has done a real service both to us and to
her namesake.’ Sunday Times “With a great deal of literary panache
… Queen Anne emerges as intelligent and sympathetic despite the
cruelty of her gynaecological history” Antonia Fraser, Sunday
Telegraph, Books of the Year ‘This magisterial new biography paints
a fascinating picture of an often-overlooked monarch….on the basis
of this incisive and compelling portrait, none could argue that she
did not keep the interests of her people close to her heart.’
Country Life ‘A scholarly account of a truly dreadful woman’ Jane
Ridley
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