The Kingmaker's Daughter

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 432 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The gripping and ultimately tragic story of Anne Neville and her sister Isabel, the daughters of the Earl of Warwick, the most powerful magnate in England through the Cousins Wars. I have lost my father in battle, my sister to Elizabeth Woodvilles spy, my brother-in-law to Elizabeth Woodvilles executioner, my nephew to her poisoner, and now my son to her curse... In the absence of a son and heir, he ruthlessly uses the two girls as pawns but they, in their own right, are thoughtful and powerful actors. Against the backdrop of the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne turns from a delightful child growing up in intimacy and friendship with the family of Richard Duke of York to become ever more fearful and desperate as her fathers enemies turn against her, the net closes in and there is, in the end, simply nowhere she can turn, no one she can trust with her life. About the Author Philippa Gregory was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tudor period and wrote the internationally bestselling novel The Other Boleyn Girl. Now she is looking at the family that preceded the Tudors: the magnificent Plantaganets, a family of complex rivalries, loves, and hatreds. Her other great interest is the charity that she founded nearly twenty years ago: Gardens for The Gambia. She has raised funds and paid for 140 wells for the primary schools of this poor African country. A former student of Sussex university, and a PhD and Alumna of the Year 2009 of Edinburgh University, her love for history and commitment to historical accuracy are the hallmarks of her writing. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire.

ISBN: 9780857207463