The Shadow Queen. Anne O'Brien

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       Praise for Anne O’Brien

      ‘O’Brien cleverly intertwines the personal and political in this enjoyable, gripping tale’

       The Times

      ‘[A] fast-paced historical novel’

       Good Housekeeping

      ‘Anne O’Brien has unearthed a gem of a subject’

       Daily Telegraph

      ‘A gripping story of love, heartache and political intrigue’

       Woman & Home

      ‘There are historical novels and then there are the works of Anne O’Brien – and this is another hit’

       The Sun

      ‘The characters are larger than life…and the author a compulsive storyteller’

       Sunday Express

      ‘This book has everything – royalty, scandal, fascinating historical politics’

       Cosmopolitan

      ‘A gripping historical drama’

       Bella

      ‘Historical fiction at its best’

       Candis

       Also by ANNE O’BRIEN

       THE SHADOW QUEEN

       THE QUEEN’S CHOICE

       THE KING’S SISTER

       THE SCANDALOUS DUCHESS

       THE FORBIDDEN QUEEN

       THE KING’S CONCUBINE

       DEVIL’S CONSORT

       VIRGIN WIDOW

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      An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2017

      Copyright © Anne O’Brien 2017

      Anne O’Brien asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

      Ebook Edition © May 2017 ISBN: 9781474050739

       Version: 2019-04-12

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      ‘…the most beautiful lady in the whole realm of England, and by far the most amorous.’

       Jean Froissart

      ‘…concerning whose birth (Richard II) many unsavoury things were commonly said (of her), namely that he was not born to a father of the royal line, but of a mother given to slippery ways – to say nothing of many other things I have heard.’

       The Chronicle of Adam Usk 1377-1421

      ‘The gentle prince married… a lady of great renown, who kindled love in him, in that she was beauteous, charming and discreet.’

       Chandos Herald

      ‘Prudence teaches the princess or great lady how above all things in this base world she ought to love honour and good reputation.’

       Christine de Pisan

      Contents

       Cover

       Praise

       Also by Anne O’Brien

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

      


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