
The future of his great dynasty depends on an heir. Henry rules by divine right, yet his prayers for a son go unanswered.


As his power and influence extends, so commences a lifelong battle between head and heart, love and duty. But Arthur’s untimely death sees Harry crowned King Henry of England. In grand royal palaces, Prince Harry grows up dreaming of knights and chivalry – and the golden age of kings that awaits his older brother. This is the second in a captivating new trio of novels spanning three generations of history's most iconic family, the Tudors.

Sidmouth Literary Festival is delighted to welcome bestselling historical novelist of Tudor fiction, and the leading female historian in the United Kingdom, Alison Weir to Sidmouth to talk about her latest work of fiction, Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown.
