Book description
Eighteen year old Jane Shore's beauty is known around London. She is
well-educated and intelligent, and when she catches the eye of a
wealthy goldsmith her father sees in her an opportunity for an
advantageous marriage. But the marriage is soon annulled and she
becomes the favourite mistress of Edward IV.
Her compassion for London's poor brings her widespread popularity,
and she uses her favour with the king to beg forgiveness for those who
have angered him. When Edward suddenly dies, she seduces other men,
namely Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and William Hastings, 1st
Baron Hastings.
But when Hastings loses the new King's favour she is punished and
imprisoned in Ludgate prison. There, away from the protection of her
loves, she can only face the horrors of those she once protected. And
pray for salvation.
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 known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's
novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her
death in 1993.
