Alison Plowden worked at the BBC as a script editor in Features and Drama until 1969, before leaving to work as a full-time writer. She has had numerous books published, specialising in the Tudor and Stuart periods, her most recent being Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen (Sutton, 2003). She lives in Oxfordshire.

About the Author

Alison Plowden worked at the BBC as a script editor in Features and Drama, before leaving to work as a full-time writer. She specialised in the Tudor and Stuart periods and had numerous books published including Henrietta Maria, The House of Tudor, Two Queens in One Isle and Elizabeth I.