The Kings Curse

 The Kings Curse

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       September 19, 2014

 

Author  Philippa Gregory

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ISBN:                 9781451626117
Publisher:         Simon & Schuster
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Gregory once again has skilfully recreated Tudor England through the pages of what can almost be read as a diary of Margaret Pole as she struggles, not just for survival but for her beliefs and allegiances in a time when to trust was to die. Having risen to a place of some considerable power within the Court, the cold hand of betrayal reaches out not just to Margaret but to those she loves and holds dear.

We meet Margaret Pole as the wife of a noble man Sir Richard Pole, governor of Wales, in the time of the reign of Henry VIII and are immediately plunged into the turbulent life of Tudor times when to be an Plantagenet was almost a guaranteed death sentence.

As Margaret is a direct descendant of the Plantagenet’s her quiet life in the country is her saviour during desperate political times.

She slowly moves away from this lifestyle into the political intrigue of the Court of Henry, she finds some of the choices she is now being forced to make are for more than just survival, as they are challenging her deep rooted belief in the destiny of the Plantagenet’s and the rightful claim to the throne of England.

The story weaves its way through the political challenges that made up a normal day at Court but as the destructive reign of Henry Tudor starts to crumble she once again finds herself having to redefine her allegiances.

Based in historical fact and on the life of Margaret Pole, this will appeal to those who love history, love mystery and mayhem and enjoy a complex, intriguing journey into a world that is long gone, but not forgotten.

Fiction