The marriage of Katherine of Valois to Henry V was happy but tragicallty short. His early death changed her world, her baby son, the new king, was taken from her and she was forbidden to re-marry. She was alone and unhappy, until she met Owen Tudor and was drawn into a love that was as dangerous as
The Queen's Devotion - The Story of Queen Mary II (William's Wife)
β Scribed by Plaidy, Jean
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 758 KB
- Series
- Queens of England 10
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307409225
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β¦ Synopsis
A daughter's love. A monarch's duty.
On the road to greatness, one young woman must make an unthinkable choice.
For Princess Mary, life has never been simple, but through it all the love of her father, the Duke of York, has been a constant and reliable comfort. Despite his own loyalty to the Catholic Church, the Duke and his brother, King Charles II, raised Mary as a Protestant to protect her in a time of religious and political upheaval. In order to cement this safety and to ensure the stability of the family line, at age fifteen, Mary is married to her Protestant first cousin William, Prince of Orange.
However, in post-Restoration England, matters are rarely so simply settled. When Mary's uncle, King Charles II, dies suddenly and without an heir, her beloved father is crowned James II. But a Catholic king is not the will of the people, and even Mary's own husband is crying out for change. Can Mary take part in actions that will ultimately remove her own...
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