The King's Curse [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Gregory, Philippa

Verlag: Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, New York, 2014

Beschreibung

As new condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Philippa Gregory; Author Dedication; Family Tree of The Tudor and Plantagenet Houses in November 1499; Map of London dated 1499; Map of Tudor England; Family Tree of The Tudor and Plantagenet Houses on 27 May 1541; Author's Note; Bibliography; and Gardens For the Gambia. Illustrated with color illustrated front and rear endpapers. "Philippa Gregory turns real-life historical royalty into royally entertaining novels." -- TIME. "There's no question that she is the best at what she does." -- Associated Press. "If only grade school history books were written so vividly." -- Entertainment Weekly. "They trust her to watch over the rise of the House of Tudor. She's the only one who knows how it can fall. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the critically acclaimed Starz series The White Queen, comes the story of Margaret Pole, the last of the Yorks, and her unique view of Henry VIII'S stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England. As an heir to the Plantegenets, Margaret is seen by the king's mother, the Red Queen, as a rival to the Tudor claim to the throne. She is buried in marriage to a Tudor supporter-- Sir Richard Pole, governor of Wales -- and becomes guardian to Arthur, the young Price of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon. But Margaret's destiny, as cousin to the White Princess, is not for a life in the shadows. Tragedy throws her into poverty, yet a royal death restores her to a place at young Henry VIII's court, where she becomes chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine. There she watches the dominance of the Spanish queen over her husband, and her tragic decline. Amid the rapid deterioration of the Tudor court, Margaret must choose whether her allegiance is to the increasingly tyrannical Henry VIII or to her beloved queen. Caught between the old and the new, Margaret must find her own way, concealing her knowledge that an old curse cast upon all the Tudors is slowly coming to pass." -- from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006822

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The King's Curse [FIRST EDITION, FIRST ...

Verlag: Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2014

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New

Auflage: 1st Edition