A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, from the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory. The rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister Elizabeth is played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion. The savage rivalry of the daughters of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Eliz
The queen's fool: a novel
โ Scribed by Queen of England Elizabeth I;Gregory, Philippa;Leicester, Robert Dudley;Queen of England Mary I
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 613 KB
- Series
- Plantagenet and Tudor 12
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York, Great Britain,Great Britain.
- ISBN
- 1416593977
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โฆ Synopsis
#1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory weaves a spellbinding tale of a young woman with the ability to see the future in an era when destiny was anything but clear.
Winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee with her father from their home in Spain. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee; she has the gift of "Sight," the ability to foresee the future, priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court. Hannah is adopted by the glamorous Robert Dudley, the charismatic son of King Edward's protector, who brings her to court as a "holy fool" for Queen Mary and, ultimately, Queen Elizabeth. Hired as a fool but working as a spy; promised in wedlock but in love with her master; endangered by the laws against heresy, treason, and witchcraft, Hannah must choose between the safe life of a commoner and the dangerous intrigues of the royal family that are...
โฆ Subjects
Great Britain
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