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The Queen's Fool

By: Philippa Gregory
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
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A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, from the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory.

The savage rivalry of the daughters of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth, mirrors that of their mothers, Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. Each will fight by any available means for the crown and future of the kingdom.

Elizabeth’s bitter struggle to claim the throne she believes is hers by right, and the man she desires almost more than her crown, is watched by her ‘fool’: a girl who has been forced to leave her homeland of Spain, as a Jew fleeing the Inquisition. In a court where truth is wittily denied and lies are mere games, it is the fool who can speak plainly: in these dangerous times, a woman must choose between ambition and love. Elizabeth will not make the same mistakes as her mother.

©2008 Philippa Gregory (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Tudor Romance Royalty
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The story is true to the time period and effortless inserts the fictional character of Hannah the gifted seer. A charming story of a person close to the troublesome political and religious Tim sof sixteenth century England under Mary Tudor.

Well constructed historical narrative

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