THE COMPELLING NOVEL FROMSUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLER PHILILPPA GREGORY'Margaret's story is shocking,deeply moving...the depiction of Henry VIII's transformation from indulged golden boy to sinister tyrant is perfect pitched'Sunday ExpressThey trust her to watch the House of Tudor rise... Only she knows it will fall. Heir to the Plantagenets,Margaret Pole,is a rival claimant to the Tudor throne. Buried in marriage to a loyal Tudor supporter,she becomes guardian to Arthur,the young Prince of Wales,and his beautiful bride,Katherine of Aragon. But her destiny is not for a life in the shadows. Tragedy throws Margaret into poverty,yet the king's death restores her to a place at young Henry VIII's court,as a lady in waiting to Queen Katherine. As the Tudor court sours,Margaret has to choose between her allegiance to the increasingly tyrannical King Henry,or to her friend,his abandoned queen. And Margaret is hiding a deadly secret...that a curse was cast on the Tudor line,and she is watching it come to pass.Praise for Philippa Gregory: 'Meticulously researched and deeply entertaining,this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is Gregory on top form'Good Housekeeping 'Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer... all of her books feature strong,complex women,doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men'Sunday Times 'Engrossing'Sunday Express 'Popular historical fiction at its finest,immaculately researched and superbly told'The Times
Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdISBN: 9780857207586Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm
Philippa Gregory
A master of period biographical fiction Philippa Gregory is one of the most popular novelists writing today. Her novels range across historical periods from the early 1400's to the Twentieth Century but she is best known for her portrayals of the women around the Tudor court of Henry VIII,most famously Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl.
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