Three and a half stars. I very much enjoyed this. It was fast paced, exciting, and solidly written. I really knew nothing about Anne Neville prior to reading this book other than the fact that she was the daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker and wife of Rochard III. I learned much about her life and...
This is the story of Anne Neville, from the time Richard first entered her world when she was a young girl and he came to live and train under the tutelage of her father, through their betrothal and its eventual negation, through her exile from England and enforced marriage to a one-time enemy, t...
Shocking!Henry Faringdon, the new Marquis of Burford, returns home and makes a shocking discovery! On his departure to America, his late brother Thomas had married the women who'd stolen Henry's heart - the alluring Miss Eleanor Stamford.Outrageous!Now in mourning, with a babe in arms, Eleanor is...
Secrets!A spy for the British Government, Lord Joshua Sherboune Faringdon must foster his notoriety as a rake as a front for his secret activities. Until an undercover exercise almost costshim his lifePassion!Miss Sarah Russell, newly appointed housekeeper, knows only of her lord's rakish reputat...
England, 1663The sexual games at the restoration Court of King Charles have turned Marcus, Viscount Marlbrooke, into a cynic. While he doesn't believe that love lies within matrimony, he does need to secure his claim to Winteringham Priory. Marriage to the spirited Puritan Katherine Harley is the...
His lordship had spent the morning, unaware of the devious workings of fate, in the company of George Dinmore, agent to the estate of Burford. A fine sense of optimism warmed his blood, as satisfying as the first real heat of early summer that brushed his skin. It was too early to tell if the har...
So many fears of possible treachery from within or imminent attack from without. And, not the least, fears for Francis's safety. What could be holding him at Leintwardine for so long? During the day she could keep the fear at bay, distract her mind, immerse herself in defensive preparations with ...
Lewis had taken himself off to Talgarth to report her safe arrival to Sir John. David too had abandoned her to join Richard on his visit to Hereford. Even her betrothed had left her, and in the end with such a leave-taking as to shock her to her bones, giving her more than a hint of the Black Mal...
When I achieved it, it was not by my own instigation. It came as a lightning bolt from heaven.“Put this on. And this. Take this. Be at the Abbey gate in half an hour.”The garments were thrust into my arms by Sister Matilda, Mother Abbess’s chaplain.“Why, Sister?”“Do as you’re told!”I had been giv...
In the following year my father was absent more often than he was present. The household continued to keep its usual efficient order with the Countess at the head of affairs, but she missed him, and as I grew I sensed that something out of the way was afoot. Sometimes it was difficult for her to ...
‘My lord the King requests that you attend him in the audience chamber.’ Since the official avoided my eye, anxiety destroyed my hard won calm. For Henry to make this an official meeting—and I could imagine his advisers flanking him as he delivered the news—I could only imagine what it would be. ...
The moment of my liberation grew closer, minute by minute. What a glorious adventure it would be. The bells tolled until their vibrations beat painfully against my ears like the throb of a military drum. Once again I stood in the abbey church of Saint-Denis. Once again Louis approached the altar,...
As the Duke had observed, my own tuition at Court had been unstinting. The ducal children, and my own, would benefit from those rigorous demands, and from my own ability to engage in polite conversation, walk gracefully, hold a tune and entertain competently on the strings of a lute. I found myse...
‘There’ll be no speaking to you with such consequence!’ Meggie’s eyes twinkled, then grew flat, anxious. ‘Do you suppose he means it?’ ‘I think he would rather not!’ Harriette replied with disconcerting candour. ‘He only did so at Wallace’s insistence that my reputation would be compromised beyon...
For the past several hours, since leaving York, they had bumped and swayed over the rutted track that provided the main road to Aldeborough Priory. This stretch was never easy, but inclement spring weather had churned it into a disaster of mud, mire and puddle. The coach was as comfortable as she...
‘I need to be here. I need to know what they are doing.’ We were standing outside the Council Chamber, in the courtyard that seemed to attract every blast of cold air. I shivered, thinking that, despite my reluctance, we would have to go to my old rooms in Westminster after all. Edmund was almost...
Endured their surveillance, their constant presence. They were very kind. They were endlessly compassionate. They surrounded her with love and sympathy, as if she might sink into some life-threatening melancholy if left alone for more than five minutes! Existing in a bleak grey world, immured fro...