The King's Curse

The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels · Book 8

Historical Fiction Political History War Fiction

Description

From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl comes a captivating historical novel centered on Margaret Pole, a woman of royal blood who navigates the treacherous corridors of Tudor power as lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine of Aragon. Married off to secure her family's safety, Margaret finds herself drawn into the intimate circle of the young Prince Arthur and his Spanish bride, only to witness the shocking events that reshape the English throne forever. When Katherine becomes queen after Arthur's death, Margaret rises to prominence as the most trusted woman at court—until the arrival of Anne Boleyn threatens to destroy everything she holds dear. Caught between her loyalty to a beloved queen and the increasingly tyrannical demands of King Henry VIII, Margaret must navigate impossible choices about faith, allegiance, and survival in a court where one misstep can mean ruin. Haunted by an ancient curse on the Tudor dynasty, Margaret Pole's story reveals the human cost of ambition and the quiet courage required to maintain one's principles in an age of religious upheaval and political terror.