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King Henry's Last Daughter
What if you were asked to die for someone you had never met?
The Catholic Queen, Bloody Mary, hates her sister and rival, the Princess Elizabeth. To protect the Protestant princess, a loyal nobleman spirits her into hiding, leaving a base-born lookalike in her place. Bess Neville is King Henry's daughter, too, but she wasn't born to the gilded halls of power. She grew up poor, raised in a shabby house on the Thames, abused by the aunt who resented having to raise her sister's orphaned brat, but Bess bears enough of a resemblance to her namesake for ambitious men to exploit. Bess risks a horrific death every day for five long years to help the woman she can never call sister, hoping that her life -- or death -- will mean something. Her "counterfeit" sets her at the core of Tudor the beacon of Protestant rebels, the target of Queen Mary's jealous hatred and the prize of one ruthless nobleman who seeks to use the pretender as his means to seize the throne of England for himself. When it all goes horribly wrong, King Henry VIII's very last daughter learns the price of wearing a crown.
The Catholic Queen, Bloody Mary, hates her sister and rival, the Princess Elizabeth. To protect the Protestant princess, a loyal nobleman spirits her into hiding, leaving a base-born lookalike in her place. Bess Neville is King Henry's daughter, too, but she wasn't born to the gilded halls of power. She grew up poor, raised in a shabby house on the Thames, abused by the aunt who resented having to raise her sister's orphaned brat, but Bess bears enough of a resemblance to her namesake for ambitious men to exploit. Bess risks a horrific death every day for five long years to help the woman she can never call sister, hoping that her life -- or death -- will mean something. Her "counterfeit" sets her at the core of Tudor the beacon of Protestant rebels, the target of Queen Mary's jealous hatred and the prize of one ruthless nobleman who seeks to use the pretender as his means to seize the throne of England for himself. When it all goes horribly wrong, King Henry VIII's very last daughter learns the price of wearing a crown.
279 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 3, 2017
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February 9, 2018
So good
The Other Boleyn Girl was my introduction to this genre. I was fascinated. I've read many good ones since but this is by far the best. Fantastic plot and very well written.
The Other Boleyn Girl was my introduction to this genre. I was fascinated. I've read many good ones since but this is by far the best. Fantastic plot and very well written.
September 27, 2018
Outstanding
Highly recommend reading this book. Wonderful combination of history and creativity. Once U began, I could not put it down.
Highly recommend reading this book. Wonderful combination of history and creativity. Once U began, I could not put it down.
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