The Tudor Princess

The Tudor Princess
Darcey Bonnette

Love, treachery and betrayal at court… The perfect read for fans of Philippa Gregory and Susannah Dunn.From her earliest days, Margaret Tudor knows she will not have the luxury of choosing a husband. As daughter of Henry VII, her duty is to gain alliances for England. Barely out of girlhood, Margaret is married by proxy to James IV and travels to Edinburgh to become Queen of Scotland.Despite her doubts, Margaret falls under the spell of her adopted home. But she has rivals. While Jamie is an affectionate husband, he is not a faithful one. And providing an heir cannot guarantee Margaret's safety when Jamie leads an invading army against her own brother, Henry VIII.In the wake of tragic loss she falls prey to the attentions of the ambitious Earl of Angus – a move that brings Scotland to the brink of anarchy. Beset by betrayal, secret alliances, and the vagaries of her own heart, Margaret has one overriding ambition – to preserve the crown of Scotland for her son, no matter what the cost.Exquisitely detailed and poignant, The Tudor Princess vividly depicts the life and loves of an extraordinary woman who helped shape the fate of two kingdoms – and in time, became the means of uniting them.

DARCEY BONNETTE

The Tudor Princess

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First published by Kensington Publishing, New York, 2013

This edition published by HarperCollins Publishers, Great Britain, 2014

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Source ISBN: 9780007497782

Ebook Edition © April 2014 ISBN: 9780007497799

Version: 2016-02-19

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Dedicated in loving memory of another sassy redhead: my mother-in-law, Karen Ann Barton

Contents

Cover (#uff349841-b039-5ff4-b082-8de45b86f554)

Title Page (#ue4d02103-5e08-56a6-8531-bff767e99385)

Copyright (#uaf3013e4-96bb-52b9-81ad-6d502413dada)

Dedication (#ua15a70a8-9302-5048-9ae7-be94d9d7dc47)

Book 1: Margaret (#u762ac4e5-d741-5e2a-aada-9ddec176e3e2)

Prologue: The Flames of Sheen (#ub2d7648b-07b7-55bd-a1c6-f35f90d29a03)

1. The Wilted Rose (#ua81d1a1e-355b-515f-af6f-b44f2daa5cd4)

2. The Song of Loss (#ua7b92aab-8e95-57af-a83a-8f5008923587)

3. The Progress (#u956a92d0-7e10-52d3-88ed-d25fc39f330d)

Book 2: Jamie (#uea53efd1-dd5c-583f-87d6-91b419a81849)

4. Scotland! (#uaf0a8bab-26b4-59a9-ad1d-131bf7a74040)

5. Mistress Stewart (#u4f82360e-b40e-5b4c-8e90-152565db2a57)

6. Margaret the Queen (#u56cc38c2-0b3a-5601-9ccb-589d83664129)

7. The Stewart Curse (#litres_trial_promo)

8. Queens and Warriors (#litres_trial_promo)

9. Ten Thousand Widows (#litres_trial_promo)

Book 3: The Douglas (#litres_trial_promo)

10. The Ally (#litres_trial_promo)

11. Mistress Douglas (#litres_trial_promo)

Book 4: Jehan (#litres_trial_promo)

12. The Regent (#litres_trial_promo)

13. The Flight (#litres_trial_promo)

14. The Reunion (#litres_trial_promo)

15. His Sister’s Keeper (#litres_trial_promo)

16. The Return (#litres_trial_promo)