The King’s Curse Books Features
Series: Cousins’ War
Hardcover: 624 pages
Publisher: Touchstone (September 9, 2014)
Language: English
Hardcover: 624 pages
Publisher: Touchstone (September 9, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451626118
ISBN-13: 978-1451626117
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 1.3 inches
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Starz
original series The White Queen comes the story of lady-in-waiting
Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII’s stratospheric
rise to power in Tudor England.
Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VII’s claim
to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the
White Princess) and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married
off to a steady and kind Lancaster supporter Sir Richard Pole. For his
loyalty, Sir Richard is entrusted with the governorship of Wales, but
Margaret’s contented daily life is changed forever with the arrival of
Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of
Aragon. Margaret soon becomes a trusted advisor and friend to the
honeymooning couple, hiding her own royal connections in service to the
Tudors.
After the sudden death of Prince Arthur, Katherine leaves for London a
widow, and fulfills her deathbed promise to her husband by marrying his
brother, Henry VIII. Margaret’s world is turned upside down by the
surprising summons to court, where she becomes the chief lady-in-waiting
to Queen Katherine. But this charmed life of the wealthiest and
“holiest” woman in England lasts only until the rise of Anne Boleyn, and
the dramatic deterioration of the Tudor court. Margaret has to choose
whether her allegiance is to the increasingly tyrannical king, or to her
beloved queen; to the religion she loves or the theology which serves
the new masters. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole
has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on
all the Tudors. Read online The King’s Curse book today.
The King’s Curse Books Reviews
While other protagonists in the Cousins War series are obsessed with
gaining or retaining the throne, the King’s Curse is narrated by
Margaret Pole, the daughter of George Duke of Clarence and the niece of
Edward IV and Richard III. If you have read The Kingmaker’s Daughter,
you know about her tragic childhood – her mother died young, her father
disappeared into the tower for treason, and her maternal aunt, wife of
Richard III died broken-hearted before the Battle of Bosworth.
Margaret and her younger brother survived all this, and at the beginning of The King’s Curse, she is married and banished to the country out of the new king’s sight. Her brother is not so lucky, banished to the tower as a punishment for being born too close to the throne.
Margaret doesn’t seem to have any ambitions to regain the throne for herself or her family. She is happy with minor royal responsibilities, such as looking after the new Spanish princess Katherine who comes to England to marry Arthur Prince of Wales. While she suffers indignities and injustices under Henry VII, she chooses to pursue a rewarding country life, looking after her lands and her people. Henry even stifles this ambition when he drives her into poverty after her husband dies. Then Henry VIII becomes king and he does not seem to have his father’s craven mistrust of Margaret’s heritage. She is welcomed back to the palace where she attends the beautiful young queen Katherine. When Katherine gives birth to her first son, Henry asks his beloved cousin Margaret to raise this new prince. Get online The King’s Curse now.
Margaret and her younger brother survived all this, and at the beginning of The King’s Curse, she is married and banished to the country out of the new king’s sight. Her brother is not so lucky, banished to the tower as a punishment for being born too close to the throne.
Margaret doesn’t seem to have any ambitions to regain the throne for herself or her family. She is happy with minor royal responsibilities, such as looking after the new Spanish princess Katherine who comes to England to marry Arthur Prince of Wales. While she suffers indignities and injustices under Henry VII, she chooses to pursue a rewarding country life, looking after her lands and her people. Henry even stifles this ambition when he drives her into poverty after her husband dies. Then Henry VIII becomes king and he does not seem to have his father’s craven mistrust of Margaret’s heritage. She is welcomed back to the palace where she attends the beautiful young queen Katherine. When Katherine gives birth to her first son, Henry asks his beloved cousin Margaret to raise this new prince. Get online The King’s Curse now.
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