A child born in the plague year of 1348, abandoned and raised within the oppressive walls of a convent, Alice Perrers refused to take the veil, convinced that a greater destiny awaited her. Ambitious and quick witted, she rose above her obscure beginnings to become the infamous mistress of Edward II
The King's Concubine
β Scribed by Anne O'Brien
- Publisher
- Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty Ltd
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 328 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1460810147
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β¦ Synopsis
History paints her as a low-born, unattractive, grasping and greedy woman who used her position of power with King Edward purely for her own ends. This stunning novel rewrites perceptions and brings us Alice Perrers as you've never seen her before!
Taken from the gutter by the Queen of England and given a role much above her station, Alice can ignore the jealous whispers if it means she's one step closer...to becoming somebody. A woman of history.
Like no other woman of the court, confident, bold and forthright, the infamous Alice Perrers soon finds herself in the path of the King himself. But is she driven by power, politics or love? Her enemies want her banished. The King wants her as his mistress. Alice is on the road to infamy and there's no turning back.
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