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JPIES, POISON, AND CURSES SURROUND HER
IS THERE ANYONE SHE CAN TRUST?
The Kingmaker's Daughter—Philippa Gregorys first sister
story since The Other Boleyn Girl—is the gripping tale of the
daughters of the man known as the Kingmaker, Richard Neville,
Earl of Warwick: the most powerful magnate in fifteenth-
century England. Without a son and heir, he uses his daughters,
Anne and Isabel, as pawns in his political games, and they grow
up to be influential players in their own right.
At the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth
Woodville, Anne grows from a delightful child to become ever
more fearful and desperate when her father makes war on his
former friends. Married at age fourteen, she is soon left widowed
and fatherless, her mother in sanctuary and her sister married to
the enemy. Anne manages her own escape by marrying Richard,
Duke of Gloucester, but her choice will set her on a collision
course with the overwhelming power of the royal family....
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Fülszöveg
JPIES, POISON, AND CURSES SURROUND HER
IS THERE ANYONE SHE CAN TRUST?
The Kingmaker's Daughter—Philippa Gregorys first sister
story since The Other Boleyn Girl—is the gripping tale of the
daughters of the man known as the Kingmaker, Richard Neville,
Earl of Warwick: the most powerful magnate in fifteenth-
century England. Without a son and heir, he uses his daughters,
Anne and Isabel, as pawns in his political games, and they grow
up to be influential players in their own right.
At the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth
Woodville, Anne grows from a delightful child to become ever
more fearful and desperate when her father makes war on his
former friends. Married at age fourteen, she is soon left widowed
and fatherless, her mother in sanctuary and her sister married to
the enemy. Anne manages her own escape by marrying Richard,
Duke of Gloucester, but her choice will set her on a collision
course with the overwhelming power of the royal family.
The Kingmaker's Daughter is Gregory in fine form____The Cousins' War pro-
vides a rich setting for drama with its endless plots and conniving courtiers/'
— ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gorgeous fun." —NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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