Welcome! Becoming Queen, the amazing tale of Victoria's passionate struggle for the throne, and the tale of Princess Charlotte, the forgotten heir, was serialised in the Sunday Telegraph. My one-hour BBC 2 Timewatch special, 'Young Victoria' was shown on 18 October 2008 and 19 April 2009. My first book, England's Mistress: the Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton, was Book of the Week on Radio 4, a Book of the Year in the Times and the Independent, and shortlisted for the Marsh/English Speaking Union prize for Biography, 2005-6. The film is in production and the stage musical is in development.

'An outstanding talent', Matthew D'Ancona, Spectator Books of the Year
 
'Kate Williams has perfected the art of historical biography, few authors bring their characters to life in the way she does, and her pacy writing is underpinned by the most impeccable scholarship', Alison Weir