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A stunning novel set in the Tudor court as the rivalry between Queen Mary andher halfsister Elizabeth is played out against a background of betrayalconflict and passion. The savage rivalry of the daughters of Henry VIII MaryTudor and Elizabeth mirrors that of their mothers Katherine of Aragon andAnne Boleyn. Each will fight by any available means for the crown and future ofthe kingdom. Elizabeths bitter struggle to claim the throne she believes ishers by right and the man she desires almost more than her crown is watchedby her fool a girl who has been forced to leave her homeland of Spain as aJew fleeing the Inquisition. In a court where truth is wittily denied and liesare mere games it is the fool who can speak plainly in these dangerous timesa woman must choose between ambition and love. Elizabeth will not make the samemistakes as her mother. «
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