PRE-ORDER The King's Mother by Annie Garthwaite
PRE-ORDER the paperback edition ofThe King’s Mother, released on the 12th June.
From the critically acclaimed author of CECILY comes an intimate and gripping novel perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel, Madeline Miller and Maggie O’Farrell.
'A triumph' The Times
'Electrifying' Daily Mail
'History at its most powerful' Jennifer Saint
1461. Through violent war and great sacrifice, Edward IV has won England's coveted throne. Cecily, having piloted her family's rise to power, stands beside him as the nation's first King's Mother.
But competition is ferocious and Cecily has met her match: three other women, driven by ambition, necessity and fear, who will stop at nothing to put their own sons on the throne.
Their conflict is desperate, the cost of failure high, and Cecily must sacrifice everything she has to secure her dynasty. For there can only be one King, and there can only be one King's Mother.
Spanning England's bloodiest civil war through the 15th century and into the Tudor era, this is a story about mothers and sons; about maternal ferocity and female ambition - all it can achieve and all it can destroy.
PRAISE FOR ANNIE GARTHWAITE:
'Elegant and propulsive ... I had to fight myself to put it down' A.K. Blakemore
'Family dynamics at their most fierce - timeless and brilliant!' Kate Sawyer
'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' Sunday Telegraph
'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' Imogen Hermes Gowar
PRE-ORDER the paperback edition ofThe King’s Mother, released on the 12th June.
From the critically acclaimed author of CECILY comes an intimate and gripping novel perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel, Madeline Miller and Maggie O’Farrell.
'A triumph' The Times
'Electrifying' Daily Mail
'History at its most powerful' Jennifer Saint
1461. Through violent war and great sacrifice, Edward IV has won England's coveted throne. Cecily, having piloted her family's rise to power, stands beside him as the nation's first King's Mother.
But competition is ferocious and Cecily has met her match: three other women, driven by ambition, necessity and fear, who will stop at nothing to put their own sons on the throne.
Their conflict is desperate, the cost of failure high, and Cecily must sacrifice everything she has to secure her dynasty. For there can only be one King, and there can only be one King's Mother.
Spanning England's bloodiest civil war through the 15th century and into the Tudor era, this is a story about mothers and sons; about maternal ferocity and female ambition - all it can achieve and all it can destroy.
PRAISE FOR ANNIE GARTHWAITE:
'Elegant and propulsive ... I had to fight myself to put it down' A.K. Blakemore
'Family dynamics at their most fierce - timeless and brilliant!' Kate Sawyer
'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' Sunday Telegraph
'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' Imogen Hermes Gowar
PRE-ORDER the paperback edition ofThe King’s Mother, released on the 12th June.
From the critically acclaimed author of CECILY comes an intimate and gripping novel perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel, Madeline Miller and Maggie O’Farrell.
'A triumph' The Times
'Electrifying' Daily Mail
'History at its most powerful' Jennifer Saint
1461. Through violent war and great sacrifice, Edward IV has won England's coveted throne. Cecily, having piloted her family's rise to power, stands beside him as the nation's first King's Mother.
But competition is ferocious and Cecily has met her match: three other women, driven by ambition, necessity and fear, who will stop at nothing to put their own sons on the throne.
Their conflict is desperate, the cost of failure high, and Cecily must sacrifice everything she has to secure her dynasty. For there can only be one King, and there can only be one King's Mother.
Spanning England's bloodiest civil war through the 15th century and into the Tudor era, this is a story about mothers and sons; about maternal ferocity and female ambition - all it can achieve and all it can destroy.
PRAISE FOR ANNIE GARTHWAITE:
'Elegant and propulsive ... I had to fight myself to put it down' A.K. Blakemore
'Family dynamics at their most fierce - timeless and brilliant!' Kate Sawyer
'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' Sunday Telegraph
'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' Imogen Hermes Gowar