Book description
On the death of Henry the fifth, a nine-month-old baby is made King
of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two
uncles, the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester. Shrewd and clever,
Bedford seeks to uphold all his late brother had won and preserve it
for young Henry the sixth. Gloucester, a man of poor judgment, greedy
for wealth and power, has other ideas.
In Lancastrian England and war-torn France, there are three women
whose lives are to have a marked effect on the future. Katherine de
Valois, haunted by an unhappy childhood, finds love in an unexpected
quarter and founds the Tudor dynasty; Joan of Arc leaves her village
pastures on the command of heavenly voices; and Eleanor of Gloucester
is drawn into a murder plot and becomes the centre of a cause
célèbre. Murder, greed and ambition flourish alongside sacrifice,
dedication and courage. These are turbulent times as the defeated
become the victorious...
Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction
for most of the twentieth century, is the
pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also know
as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels had sold more than 14 million
copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.
