Annie Garthwaite
The King's Mother Cecily
Annie Garthwaite
 

THE KING’S MOTHER

Out 11 07 24

“Did I not bring this great king forth from my body? Did he not bid me keep his kingdom?”

Through blood and battle Edward has gained  England’s throne – king by right and conquest – eighteen years old and unstoppable. Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to claim the title King’s Mother.

But to win a throne is not to keep it and war is come again. As brother betrays brother, and trusted cousins turn treacherous, other mothers rise up to fight for their sons. Cecily must focus her will to defeat every challenge. Wherever they come from. Whatever the cost.

There can be only one King. Only one King’s Mother.

From the Wars of the Roses to the dawn of the Tudor age, this is a story of mothers and sons; of maternal ferocity and female ambition – of all they can build and all they can destroy.

“Garthwaite’s Cecily is driven, sometimes unlikeable and wholly convincing. A triumph!”
— The Times - book of the month
“Brimful of leap-off-the-page characters whose stories unspool in vivid, vital prose, this is a tightly plotted, electrifying read”
— The Daily Mail
“A novel in a class of its own. . . I had to fight myself to put it down.”
— AK Blakemore
“History at its most powerful: intimate and personal, visceral and devastating.”
— Jennifer Saint
“Family dynamics at their most fierce - timeless and brilliant!”
— Kate Sawyer
“Intense and personal, with stakes as great as kingdoms and a mother’s love.”
— Conn Iggulden
“Utterly compelling, beautifully judged and deeply feminist.”
— Elizabeth Buchan
“Incredible and compelling... This is the New Wolf Hall.”
— Costanza Casati
“A gripping and vivid powerhouse of a novel – thrums with the passion and resolve of the women it brings to life.”
— Joanne Burn
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