First of the Tudors
โ Scribed by Hickson, Joanna
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers;Royal National Institute of Blind People
- Year
- 2016;2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 460 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Jasper Tudor, son of Queen Catherine and her second husband, Owen Tudor, has grown up far from the intrigue of the royal court. But after he and his brother Edmund are summoned to London, their half-brother, King Henry VI, takes a keen interest in their future. Bestowing Earldoms on them both, Henry also gives them the wardship of the young heiress Margaret Beaufort. Although she is still a child, Jasper becomes devoted to her and is devastated when Henry arranges her betrothal to Edmund. But passion turns to jeopardy for them both as the Wars of the Roses wreak havoc on the realm. 2016.
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