Annie Garthwaite
The King's Mother Cecily
Annie Garthwaite
 

CECILY

1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant.

England has been fighting France for 100 years, At home power-hungry men within a corrupt government manipulate a weak king and name Cecily’s husband, York’s loyal duke, an enemy. As the king’s grasp on sanity weakens, plots to destroy York take root…

It will take all of Cecily’s courage and cunning to save her family. But when the will to survive becomes ambition for the Crown, will she risk treason to secure it?

 Told through the eyes of its greatest unseen protagonist, this astonishing debut plunges you into the blood and exhilaration of the first days of the Wars of the Roses.

This is war as women fight it.

“Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?”
— The Telegraph
“Garthwaite resurrects an extraordinary woman.”
— The Sunday Times
“Wolf Hall for the 2020s.”
— Manda Scott
“A startling heroine.”
— Sarah Moss
“A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses – what a feat!”
— Imogen Hermes Gowar
“So modern, so political, it could almost be set in Downing Street.”
— Kate Sawyer
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