Author:Jean Plaidy
This is the captivating story of Princess Mary - royal treasure, royal pawn and royal rebel. Fans of Philippa Gregory will love this gripping page-turner from international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy.
'Jean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.' -- RNA
'I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review
'A compelling read' -- ***** Reader review
'I was gripped from the first page' -- ***** Reader review
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Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of King Henry VIII, and one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. Known throughout Europe for her charm and beauty, Mary is the golden child of the Tudor family and is granted her every wish. Except when it comes to marriage.
Henry, locked in a political showdown with France, decides to offer up his pampered sister to secure peace between the two mighty kingdoms.
Mary is unwillingly sent to France to marry the ailing King Louis, leaving behind her true love, Charles Brandon.
But she will do anything to be reunited with Charles, even defy her brother, the most feared man in Europe...
Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there
—— Matt Bates , WH Smith TravelJean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.
—— Julia Moffat, RNAThis recaptures the colour and the lusty dishonesty of the French and English courts of the 16th century. Plaidy addicts will love it
—— Evening StandardThese books are page-turners; they offer a wonderful way to learn about history, their heroines are smart, strong and in control of their destinies and their stories will remain with you for ever...They are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history.
—— Daily ExpressFull-blooded, dramatic, exciting
—— ObserverIt is hard to better Jean Plaidy when she is in form...both elegant and exciting as she steers a stylish path through the feuding Plantagenets.
—— Daily MirrorOutstanding
—— Vanity FairJean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
—— GuardianA flawless jewel
—— Philadelphia InquirerForeign Affairs is probably Alison Lurie’s best novel to date, certainly it is a triumph, and much of its success stems from its accomplished plotting. Lurie has known from the first how to tell a story brilliantly through the consciousness of a woman who in type and circumstance resembles the author herself
—— Marilyn Butler , London Review of BooksThe first chapter is one of the most captivating in any recent novel I have read
—— New York Review of BooksLurie weaves a characteristically sharp-eyed, deftly ironic comedy of cultural collisions and collusions that rightly won her comparisons to Henry James and Edith Wharton
—— Sunday TimesI am convinced that Alison Lurie's fiction will long outlast that of many currently more fashionable names. There is no American writer I have read with more constant pleasure and sympathy over the years. Foreign Affairs earns the same shelf as Henry James and Edith Wharton
—— John Fowles , Sunday TimesA brilliant novel - her best I think. The book is a triumph, and not simply of style...Foreign Affairs is witty, acerbic, and sometimes fiendishly clever
—— Paul Bailey , Evening StandardWarm, clever and funny
—— Times Literary Supplement
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