The best-selling novel about the queen who founded the Tudor dynasty. ‘A bewitching first novel…alive with historical detail’ Good Housekeeping. The best-selling novel about the queen who founded the Tudor dynasty. ‘A bewitching first novel…alive with historical detail’ Good Housekeeping. Her beauty fuelled a war.Her courage captured a king.Her passion would launch the Tudor dynasty. When her own first child is tragically still-born, the young Mette is pressed into service as a wet-nurse at the court of the mad king, Charles VI of France. Her young charge is the princess, Catherine de Valois, caught up in the turbulence and chaos of life at court. Mette and the child forge a bond, one that transcends Mette’s lowly position.But as Catherine approaches womanhood, her unique position seals her fate as a pawn between two powerful dynasties. Her brother, The Dauphin and the dark and sinister, Duke of Burgundy will both use Catherine to further the cause of France. Catherine is powerless to stop them, but with the French defeat at the Battle of Agincourt, the tables turn and suddenly her currency has never been higher. But can Mette protect Catherine from forces at court who seek to harm her or will her loyalty to Catherine place her in even greater danger? Shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Historical Fiction award, The Agincourt Bride tells the thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen. When her own first child is tragically still-born, the young Mette is pressed into service as a wet-nurse at the court of the mad king, Charles VI of France. Her young charge is the princess, Catherine de Valois, caught up in the turbulence and chaos of life at court.Mette and the child forge a bond, one that transcends Mette’s lowly position. But as Catherine approaches womanhood, her unique position seals her fate as a pawn between two powerful dynasties. Her brother, The Dauphin and the dark and sinister, Duke of Burgundy will both use Catherine to further the cause of France. Catherine is powerless to stop them, but with the French defeat at the Battle of Agincourt, the tables turn and suddenly her currency has never been higher. But can Mette protect Catherine from forces at court who seek to harm her or will her loyalty to Catherine place her in even greater danger? Praise for The Agincourt Bride ‘Gripping and emotional.’ Woman ‘Superb…a real find.’ The Bookseller ‘Captivating.’ Woman’s Own Joanna Hickson spent twenty five years presenting and producing News and Arts programmes for the BBC. Her first published book was a children’s historical novel Rebellion at Orford Castle but more recently she has turned to adult fiction, concentrating on bringing fifteenth century English history and some of its fascinating principal characters to life. She is married with a large family and gets inspiration from her Wiltshire farmhouse home, which dates back to her chosen period. • Joanna’s debut, The Agincourt Bride, was a huge success and continues to find new readers. Her follow up novels The Tudor Bride and Red Rose, White Rose, have cemented her positioning. • All of Joanna’s novels have performed well through 360 and The Agincourt Bride was one of their bestselling titles across Fiction and Non-Fiction in 2015. • Joanna returns to Court intrigue with this novel of the founder of the Tudor dynasty. First of the Tudors has everything; plotting, passion and betrayal and Jasper’s story will exert a strong pull for general readers and fans of the genre alike. • We are re-launching Joanna after a two-year gap and will be reaching out to retailers and reviewers with a new jacket approach and gorgeous proofs. • Joanna has been widely reviewed and praised. Her writing is very commercial and communicates historical detail simply with great dramatic content. • We aim to close the gap between Joanna and her competitor Anne O’Brien and shape Joanna as a guaranteed performer in this genre. Competition: Philippa Gregory,Suzannah Dunn
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