The Tudor Crown
She’ll betray her King to crown her son. ‘An intriguing tale, told with confidence’ The Times When Edward of York takes back the English crown, the Wars of the Roses scatter the Lancastrian nobility and young Henry Tudor, with a strong claim to the throne, is forced into exile. Recently widowed...
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She’ll betray her King to crown her son.
‘An intriguing tale, told with confidence’ The Times
When Edward of York takes back the English crown, the Wars of the Roses scatter the Lancastrian nobility and young Henry Tudor, with a strong claim to the throne, is forced into exile.
Recently widowed and vulnerable, his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, forges an uncomfortable alliance with Edward’s queen, Elizabeth Woodville. Swearing an oath of allegiance to York, Margaret agrees to marry the king’s shrewdest courtier, Lord Stanley. But can she tread the precarious line between duty to her husband, loyalty to her son, and her obligation to God and the king?
When tragedy befalls Edward’s reign, Richard of York’s ruthless actions fire the ambition of mother and son. As their destinies converge each of them will be exposed to betrayal and treachery and in their gruelling bid for the Tudor crown, both must be prepared to pay the ultimate price…
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780008139735 (0008139733)
Publish date: 2018-05-16
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Thanks to NetGalley and to Harper Collins UK for providing me an ARC copy of this novel that I freely chose to review. I must start by saying that although I’ve been reading more historical fiction recently, I am not an expert on the subject, and I know a bit more about other historical periods than...