'Rebellion'The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it,or smother it in their fingertips. She chooses to start a fire.
You are born high,but marry a traitor's son. You bear him twelve children,carry his cause and bury his past. You play the game,against enemies who wish you ashes. Slowly,you rise.
You are Cecily.
But when the king who governs you proves unfit,what then Loyalty or treason - death may follow both. The board is set. Time to make your first move.
Told through the eyes of its greatest unknown protagonist,this astonishing debut plunges you into the closed bedchambers and bloody battlefields of the first days of the Wars of the Roses,a war as women fight it.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241990971Number of pages: 384Weight: 266 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A startling heroine'- Sarah Moss'In vigorous,direct prose Garthwaite grippingly resurrects a remarkable woman'- Sunday Times
'Utterly compelling,this brilliant novel shines a light into a dark corner of our history and reclaims the voice and story of a powerful and forgotten woman. A phenomenal read. I loved it'- Liz Hyder,author of The Gifts
'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived'- Sunday Telegraph
'I look forward to hearing more from Annie Garthwaite and Cecily'- Times
'Cecily is a vivid and compelling portrait of a formidable figure from the 15th century and a heroine for our times'- Big Issue
'In Garthwaite's hands,Neville proves as Machiavellian,manipulative and era-defining as any man'- Noon
'I loved it... Annie Garthwaite writes about the past with a kind of restrained,earthy vim,and with the sort of intimacy and immediacy - and empathy - that can only come from graft and craft'- Toby Clements
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