The Kingmaker's Daughter - Brossura

Gregory, Philippa

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1471128806 ISBN 13: 9781471128806

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2013

Riassunto

'I have lost my father in battle, my sister to Elizabeth Woodville's spy, my brother-in-law to Elizabeth Woodville's executioner, my nephew to her poisoner, and now my son to her curse...' The gripping and ultimately tragic story of Anne Neville and her sister Isabel, the daughters of the Earl of Warwick, the most powerful magnate in England through the Cousins' Wars. In the absence of a son and heir, he ruthlessly uses the two girls as pawns but they, in their own right, are thoughtful and powerful actors. Against the backdrop of the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne turns from a delightful child growing up in intimacy and friendship with the family of Richard Duke of York to become ever more fearful and desperate as her father's enemies turn against her, the net closes in and there is, in the end, simply nowhere she can turn, no one she can trust with her life.

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Recensione:

'Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' The Times
'The contemporary mistress of historical crime' - Kate Mosse
'Gregory at her engrossing, exhilarating, enlightening best' - Good Housekeeping
'Rarely has history been so seductive' - Tatler
'Like the previous novels, this cleverly blends fact with fiction and is full of the plotting, scheming and treachery that was life in court.' - Woman's Way
7 Books You Should Own: '...a must-read...her ability to evoke the lives of powerful and historic women...has provoked many imitators but, as yet, no superiors.' - Belfast Telegraph
"a love letter to the North of England" - Philippa Gregory at the Harrogate Theatre
'Anne Neville ... briefly Queen of England before she died in her 30s, is a shadowy figure ... Gregory reveals her as a woman whose love affair with Richard III was played out against a background of intrigue, battles, murders and betrayals' - The Lady
"All my novels are essentially about falling in love and getting a house - The Independent on Sunday
'Gregory creates ... a world in which all but the most determined women are tools in the hands of powerful men... past-paced, convincing, vivid and engrossing.' - Daily Express
'Philippa Gregory has another hit on her hands with this griping page-turner. Her novel simplifies and humanises the complex politics of the period and the bewildering cast of male characters (who all seem to be called Richard or Edward)... [and] shake[s] a romantic sprinkling of stardust over an era that was in reality cold, dark and scary ... with its heroes, villains and its modishly empowered feminist characters, this is a story which works brilliantly' - Sunday Express
MUST READ: 'the gripping and tragic story of Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick' Saturday (Sunday Express)

L'autore:

Philippa Gregory was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tudor period and wrote the internationally bestselling novel The Other Boleyn Girl. Now she is looking at the family that preceded the Tudors: the magnificent Plantaganets, a family of complex rivalries, loves, and hatreds.
Her other great interest is the charity that she founded nearly twenty years ago: Gardens for The Gambia. She has raised funds and paid for 140 wells for the primary schools of this poor African country. A former student of Sussex university, and a PhD and Alumna of the Year 2009 of Edinburgh University, her love for history and commitment to historical accuracy are the hallmarks of her writing. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire. She welcomes visitors to her site www.PhilippaGregory.com

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1471128806
• ISBN 13: 9781471128806
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464