The Virgin's Daughter - A Tudor Legacy Novel

Zusatztext “Thrilling . . . [Laura Andersen’s] characters are well imagined and consistent! especially the Tudor siblings. . . . [ The Virgin’s Daughter ] balances action and plot with emotion and character development. . . . One of the best things about alternative history is that you don’t know what will happen next! and Andersen takes full advantage of that fact.” — The Roanoke Times   “The plot includes many threads! yet they are weaved together flawlessly. Andersen brilliantly blends the history and historical characters we know into her wondrous new world.” — RT Book Reviews Informationen zum Autor Laura Andersen Klappentext Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir! The Virgin's Daughter is the first book in a captivating new saga about the next generation of Tudor royals! which poses the thrilling question: What if Elizabeth I! the celebrated Virgin Queen! gave birth to a legitimate heir? Since the death of her brother! William! Elizabeth I has ruled England. She's made the necessary alliances! married Philip of Spain! and produced a successor: her only daughter! Anne Isabella! Princess of Wales. Elizabeth knows that her beloved Anabel will be a political pawn across Europe unless she can convince Philip to grant her a divorce! freeing him to remarry and give Spain its own heir. But the enemies of England have even greater plans for the princess! a plot that will put Anabel's very life and the security of the nation in peril. Only those closest to Elizabeth-her longtime confidante Minuette! her advisor and friend Dominic! and the couple's grown children-can be trusted to carry forth a most delicate and dangerous mission. Yet! all of the queen's maneuverings may ultimately prove her undoing. Praise for The Virgin's Daughter "Thrilling . . . [Laura Andersen's] characters are well imagined and consistent! especially the Tudor siblings. . . . [The Virgin's Daughter] balances action and plot with emotion and character development. . . . One of the best things about alternative history is that you don't know what will happen next! and Andersen takes full advantage of that fact."-The Roanoke Times "The plot includes many threads! yet they are weaved together flawlessly. Andersen brilliantly blends the history and historical characters we know into her wondrous new world."-RT Book Reviews Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. One Nonsuch Palace rang with merriment and music on this long winter night, for 21 February 1580 marked the birth of Anne Isabella, Princess of Wales and Queen Elizabeth’s sole heir to the English throne. This year was a particularly grand celebration, for Anabel, as she was known to her intimates, had reached the age of eighteen. The courtyards, ballrooms, and corridors of Henry VIII’s delicately wrought Nonsuch Palace bubbled with not only celebration, but speculation. Elizabeth had always kept her daughter closely guarded and at one remove from her court. But now that Anabel was eighteen, surely the queen must begin to give serious thought to her daughter’s future consort. Lucette Courtenay had wished Anabel well earlier in the day and did not feel compelled to fight her way through tonight’s flatterers simply to lay particular claim to her childhood friend. Anyway, Pippa and Kit were both at her side. Lucette’s twin siblings would be eighteen themselves within the week and they had always taken Anabel as one of their own, a trio adept at going their own way and charming themselves out of trouble when necessary. At twenty-two, Lucette felt herself much more than four years their elder. Her brother Stephen caught her eye as she turned away. “Leaving already?” he asked, his deep voice so much like Dominic’s that it always startled her. “You know I’m not interested ...

Product details

• Authors: Laura Andersen
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2015
• EAN: 9780804179362
• ISBN: 978-0-8041-7936-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Tudor Legacy; Tudor Legacy
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature