Secrets of the Tudor Court
By: D.L. Bogdan
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780758241993
Subjects: History; Court and courtiers; Social conditions; Courts and courtiers; Women; Fiction
Description: When young Mary Howard receives the news that she will be leaving her home for the grand court of King Henry VIII, to attend his mistress Anne Boleyn, she is ecstatic. Everything Anne touches seems to turn to gold, and Mary is certain Anne will one day become Queen. Discovering that she is a pawn in a carefully orchestrated plot devised by her father, the duke of Norfolk, Mary dare not disobey him. Not until she becomes betrothed to Harry Fitzroy, the Duke of Richmond and son to King Henry VIII, does Mary finds the love and approval she's been seeking. But just when Mary believes she is finally free of her father, the tides turn. Now Mary must learn to play her part well in a dangerous chess game that could change her life - and the course of history.
Notes: Includes a reading group guide.