‘A most engaging novel, full of intrigue and atmosphere’ Anne O’Brien ‘A real page-turner; I couldn’t put it down’ Tracy Rees ‘Weaves the past and present together skilfully’ Sarah Morgan ‘Transporting and imaginative’ Woman __________Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Thriller Award 2021One woman’s secret will shape another’s destiny…1560: Amy Robsart is trapped in a loveless marriage to Robert Dudley, a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Surrounded by enemies and with nowhere left to...
‘There is much to enjoy in a sumptuous novel that slips between present day and 1557.’ Sunday Mirror“My name is Mary Seymour and I am the daughter of one queen and the niece of another.”Browsing antiques shops in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait – supposedly of Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better… The woman is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 as an unwanted orphan and presumed dead after going missing as a...