The King’s Curse : Cousins’ War 6

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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAIRMILE SERIES, PHILIPPA GREGORY, COMES THIS RIVETING NOVEL ABOUT THE TUMULTUOUS LIFE OF MARGARET POLE’Margaret’s story is shocking, deeply moving… the depiction of Henry VIII’s transformation from indulged golden boy to sinister tyrant is perfect pitched’ Sunday ExpressThey trust her to watch the House of Tudor rise… Only she knows it will fall.  Heir to the Plantagenets, Margaret Pole, is a rival claimant to the Tudor throne. Buried in marriage to a loyal Tudor supporter, she becomes guardian to Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon.  But her destiny is not for a life in the shadows. Tragedy throws Margaret into poverty, yet the king’s death restores her to a place at young Henry VIII’s court, as a lady in waiting to Queen Katherine.