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The Boy King
Paperback
Series: Seymour Saga, Book 3
General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9780997133875
Publisher: Janet Wertman
Published: Jul 21 2020
Pages: 386
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.86 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
One of Open Letters Review's Ten Best Historical Novels of 2020; First Place Winner, 2021 Chaucer Award for pre-1750s historical fiction
Highly recommend both as a standalone and series read. Wertman's work is among the best Tudor fiction on the market - Historical Fiction Reader
His mother, Jane Seymour, died at his birth. Now his father, King Henry VIII, has died as well. Nine-year-old Edward Tudor ascends to the throne of England and quickly learns that he cannot trust anyone, even himself.
Struggling to understand the political and religious turmoil that threatens the realm, Edward is at first relieved that his uncle, the new Duke of Somerset, will act on his behalf as Lord Protector, but this consolation evaporates as jealousy spreads through the court. Challengers arise on all sides to wrest control of the child king, and through him, England.
While Edward can bring frustratingly little direction to the Council's policies, he refuses to abandon his one firm conviction: that Catholicism has no place in England. When Edward falls ill, this steadfast belief threatens England's best hope for a smooth succession: the transfer of the throne to Edward's very Catholic half-sister, Mary Tudor, whose heart's desire is to return the realm to the way it worshipped in her mother's day.
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