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    Audiobook18 hours

    The Shadow Queen

    Written by Anne O'Brien

    Narrated by Gabrielle Glaister

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    **A spellbinding historical novel**

    The Sunday Times Bestseller ‘O’Brien is now approaching Philippa Gregory status’ – Reader’s Digest

    ‘A dangerous word, perhaps, for a woman. Power.’

    From her first clandestine marriage, Joan of Kent’s reputation is one of beauty, rumour and scandal.

    Her royal blood makes her a desirable bride. Her ambition and passion make her a threat.

    Joan knows what she must do to protect her reputation…the games to play, the men to marry. She will do anything to get what she wants: The Crown of England.

    A tale of ambition, treachery and desire, The Shadow Queen tells of a woman’s ascent through the court to command royal power alongside her young son, King Richard II.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateMay 4, 2017
    ISBN9780263927269
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    The Shadow Queen
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    Anne O'Brien

    Anne O’Brien was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. After gaining a BA Honours degree in History at Manchester University and a Master’s in Education at Hull, she lived in the East Riding for many years as a teacher of history. She now lives with her husband in an eighteenth-century timber-framed cottage in depths of the Welsh Marches in Herefordshire on the borders between England and Wales.

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      Feels like there's some fast-forwarding just to get to the big-ticket events. The characters dying get many opportunities to just be people.
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      Enjoyed the reading of. shadow Queen
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