A startling heroine SARAH MOSS author of Summerwater A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses IMOGEN HERMES GOWER author of The Mermaid and Mr HancockWolf Hall for the 2020s MANDA SCOTT author of Boudica Absorbing TIMES 1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant England has been fighting France for 100 years At home powerhungry men within a corrupt government manipulate a weak king and name Cecilys husband Yorks loyal duke an enemy As the kings grasp on sanity weakens plots to destroy York take root It will take all of Cecilys courage and cunning to save her family But when the will to survive becomes ambition for a crown will she risk treason to secure it Inside closed bedchambers and upon bloody battlefields CECILY portrays war as women fight itTO CONTINUE CECILYS STORY PREORDER THE KINGS MOTHER OUT 11th JULY ACCLAIM FOR CECILY AN EPIC FEMINIST RETELLING OF THE WAR OF THE ROSES Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Masterful and majestic Englands unspoken history told by one brilliant woman through the life of another This important novel blazes on every page from its brutal first scene to its glittering final act CHRIS CLEAVE author of...
