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The Welsh Gambit
Paperback
Series: Tudor Throne, Book 2
Mystery & ThrillerRomanceHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781985384613
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Sep 1 2018
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Gripping, atmospheric, and achingly romantic... The Welsh Gambit is historical fiction at its most addictive.
She survived the execution. Now comes the harder part.
Lady Anne Tyrell thought she understood the rules of Henry VII's Tudor court. She was wrong. With her husband's head on the block for treason and her children carrying the blood of a rival royal line, Anne's position has never been more desperate... or more dangerous. The king does not forget. He does not forgive. And he has sent his most formidable enforcer to ensure that the Tyrell name poses no further threat to the Tudor throne.
Sir Thomas Lovell is everything a king could want in an instrument of power: brilliant, relentless, and utterly loyal. He is also the man Anne Tyrell once loved (and lost) long before the world turned against her.
A tournament. A conspiracy. A deadly game with no rules.
When the nobility of England converges on the Welsh Marches for a magnificent jousting tournament, Anne finds herself in a gilded cage alive with whispers. Behind the pageantry of banners and feasting lie secret debts, festering rivalries, and men who have never stopped dreaming of a Yorkist restoration. Then a mysterious death shatters the celebration, and Anne realizes the tournament was never about sport at all.
Someone is moving the pieces of a very old game. And Anne, her children, and her complicated history with Sir Thomas Lovell have landed directly in the center of the board.
A heroine who will fight with every weapon she has, including the truth.
To survive, Anne must unravel a conspiracy that reaches to the heart of Tudor power, outmaneuver lords who have played this game for decades, and decide once and for all whether the man from her past is her greatest weapon or her most elegant trap.
The Welsh Gambit is a sweeping, richly researched Tudor historical fiction novel perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel, Philippa Gregory, C.W. Gortner, and Elizabeth Chadwick. With its lush period detail, morally complex characters, slow-burn romance, and propulsive mystery, this is the book that will keep you reading deep into the night.
Readers who love these themes will be captivated: Tudor England historical fiction. Strong-willed heroines in impossible circumstances. Forbidden and second-chance romance. Political intrigue and royal court drama. Wars of the Roses aftermath and Yorkist conspiracies. Medieval tournament settings. Mystery woven into rich historical narrative. Henry VII and the early Tudor period
If you love page-turning historical drama where every alliance is a gamble and every word is a weapon, Lady Anne Tyrell's story is waiting for you.
Scroll up and grab your copy of The Welsh Gambit today.
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