'Clever...the narrative has the colour and power of the best of the chronicles she uses.' - Sunday Times
Margaret of Anjou is young, beautiful, French and wildly unpopular when she marries England's ill-fated Henry VI. After the English are banished from France, civil war erupts. Margaret becomes a warrior queen, fighting for her husband's right to be king and her son's position as his rightful heir.
Meanwhile, heiress Margaret Beaufort is born into a troubled inheritance. Fiercely sought after by courtiers, by the age of thirteen she has married twice and given birth to her only son, who will be the future king of England. But then he is taken from her. . .
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In the Wars of the Roses two remarkable women cunningly work the strings of succession . . .
Young, beautiful and French, Margaret of Anjou is hated when she marries England's ill-fated Henry VI. But when her husband goes mad and civil war erupts - pitting family against family and throwing the country into turmoil - Margaret must become a warrior queen, fighting for her husband's right to be king and her son's place as his heir.
Meanwhile heiress Margaret Beaufort is born into a troubled inheritance. Fiercely sought after by courtiers who want to be her guardian, or join with her by marriage, she is a pawn in a political game. Aged thirteen, she has married twice and birthed a son: the future King of England. But when he is ripped from her arms, her fight really begins.
Succession begins the intense and powerful story of the women who gave birth to the Tudor dynasty . . .
'Has the colour and power of the best of the chronicles she uses' - Sunday Times
'Portrayed beautifully, honestly' Historical Novel Review
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