The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Cousins' War) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Kingmaker's Daughter Number-one "New York Times"-bestselling author Gregory presents a novel of conspiracy and a fight to death for love and power at the court of King Edward IV of England. In this novel, her first sister story since "The Other Boleyn Girl," Gregory explores the lives of two fascinating young women.
Full description- Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Published: 14 August 2012
- Format: Hardback 432 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Historical Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781451626070 ISBN 10: 145162607X
- Sales rank: 31,681
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Full description for The Kingmaker's Daughter
"Spies, poison, and curses surround her.... Is there anyone she can trust?"In "The Kingmaker's Daughter, "#1 "New York Times "bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a novel of conspiracy and a fight to the death for love and power at the court of Edward IV of England."The Kingmaker's Daughter "is the gripping story of the daughters of the man known as the "Kingmaker," Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: the most powerful magnate in fifteenth-century England. Without a son and heir, he uses his daughters Anne and Isabel as pawns in his political games, and they grow up to be influential players in their own right. In this novel, her first sister story since "The Other Boleyn Girl, "Philippa Gregory explores the lives of two fascinating young women. At the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne grows from a delightful child to become ever more fearful and desperate when her father makes war on his former friends. Married at age fourteen, she is soon left widowed and fatherless, her mother in sanctuary and her sister married to the enemy. Anne manages her own escape by marrying Richard, Duke of Gloucester, but her choice will set her on a collision course with the overwhelming power of the royal family and will cost the lives of those she loves most in the world, including her precious only son, Prince Edward. Ultimately, the kingmaker's daughter will achieve her father's greatest ambition.
