The Queen and the Countess
The spellbinding new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author!
Author: Anne O'Brien
The gripping new historical novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Anne O'Brien, perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir.
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The gripping new historical novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Anne O'Brien, perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir.
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'Fascinating, poignant and beautifully written. A story of love and the sorrow of war' CAROL MCGRATH
'An enthralling insight into the Wars of the Roses seen through the eyes of two powerful women. A superb read' CLARE MARCHANT'A fascinating story of two powerful women on opposing sides of the War of the Roses. Told with assurance and knowledge of the period' ELIZABETH CHADWICKKEEP THY FRIENDS CLOSE,THY ENEMIES CLOSER...England 1450sQueen Margaret knows she must protect the crown - and her son Prince Edward's claim to it - at all costs. With her husband, King Henry, increasingly frail, it is up to Margaret to fight for their inheritance. And as the Wars of the Roses rage on, her enemies and their wives lurk close, threatening to unravel everything she is trying to protect.Anne, Countess of Warwick has long striven to be a loyal and accomplished wife to the Earl of Warwick. But when she develops an unlikely alliance with the Lancastrian Queen Margaret, her husband's adversary, she wonders how much power now lies in her hands to determine the course of history. Crossing enemy lines, the pair strike up a thorny friendship - yet in the midst of treachery and the turmoil of battle, can the two women trust each other? Or is it only a matter of time before war drives a sword between them...***Your favourite authors love Anne O'Brien:'It kept me riveted until the last page' BARBARA ERSKINE'Tremendous and engrossing' NICOLA CORNICK'Be warned: it's incredibly addictive' TRACY BORMAN'Anne O'Brien gets right inside the heads of her medieval characters' JOANNA HICKSONAbout the Author
Anne O'Brien is a Sunday Times bestselling author and has sold close to a million copies of her books globally. Anne gained a BA Honours degree in History at Manchester University and a Master's in Education at Hull, working in East Yorkshire for many years as a teacher of history. Today, she lives with her husband in the Welsh Marches in Herefordshire, where she writes about the many forgotten women of history.
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