description: A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, as the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister Elizabeth is played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion. The savage rivalry of the daughters of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth, mirrors that of their mothers, Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. Each will fight by any available means for the crown and future of the kingdom. Elizabeth's bitter struggle to claim the throne she believes is hers by right, and the man she desires almost more than her crown, is watched by her 'fool': a girl who has been forced to leave her homeland of Spain, as a Jew fleeing the Inquisition. In a court where truth is wittily denied and lies are mere games, it is the fool who can speak in these dangerous times, a woman must choose between ambition and love. Elizabeth will not make the same mistakes as her mother.
language: English
title: The Queen's Fool
titlecomplete: The Queen's Fool
characters: Hannah the Fool, Elizabeth I of England, Will Somers, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Mary I of England
genres: Romance, Fiction, Tudor Period, Chick Lit, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Adult, Adult Fiction, Historical, British Literature
ratings_count: 96567
places: London, England, Calais
series: The Tudor Court, The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd