Derek Wilson

Derek Wilson is a renowned historian and the author of over fifty books, including The Queen and the Heretic: How two women changed the religion of England (Lion, 2018), Superstition and Science: Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and charlatans (Robinson, 2017), The Plantagenets (Quercus, 2011) and A Brief History of Henry VIII (Robinson, 2009), as well as critically acclaimed biographies of Charlemagne and Holbein. Praise for Derek Wilson: 'Wilson's account is masterly... His book is stimulating and authoritative.' John Guy in the Sunday Times 'Scores highly in thoroughness, clarity and human sympathy.' Sunday Telegraph 'Brilliant, endlessly readable... vivid, immediate history, accurate, complex, and tinged with personality.' Sunday Herald