Anne O'Brien

The Queen and the Countess

The Queen and the Countess 

KEEP THY FRIENDS CLOSE,
THY ENEMIES CLOSER…

England 1450s
Queen Margaret knows she must protect the crown – and her son Prince Edward’s claim to it – at all costs. With her husband, King Henry, increasingly frail, it Margaret’s God-given obligation to fight for the inheritance of the House of Lancaster. As the Wars of the Roses rage on, her Yorkist enemies and their wives lurk close, threatening to unravel everything she is trying to protect.

Anne, Countess of Warwick has long striven to be a loyal and accomplished wife to the Earl of Warwick. But when she develops an unlikely alliance with the Lancastrian Queen Margaret, her husband’s adversary, she wonders how much power now lies in her hands to determine the course of history.

Crossing enemy lines, the pair strike up a thorny friendship – yet in the midst of treachery and the turmoil of battle, can the two women ever trust each other?

Or is it only a matter of time before war drives a sword between them…

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Reviews

‘Fascinating, poignant and beautifully written. A story of love and the sorrow of war.’

CAROL McGRATH, author of  The Lost Queen

‘An enthralling insight into the Wars of the Roses seen through the eyes of two powerful women.  A superb read.’

CLARE MARCHANT, author of The House of the Witch

Queen Margaret knows she must protect the crown - and her son Prince Edward's claim to it - at all costs. With her husband, King Henry, increasingly frail, it Margaret's God-given obligation to fight for the inheritance of the House of Lancaster. As the Wars of the Roses rage on, her Yorkist enemies and their wives lurk close, threatening to unravel everything she is trying to protect.