Epitaph for Three Women
Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2011-02-15
ISBN 10 : 9781446428047
Pages : 448 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (44 downloads)
Download Epitaph for Three Women in PDF Full Online Free by Jean Plaidy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives of three women who transformed history are brought vividly to life in this unforgettable novel. On the death of Henry the fifth, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester. Shrewd and clever, Bedford seeks to uphold all his late brother had won and preserve it for young Henry the sixth. Gloucester, a man of poor judgment, greedy for wealth and power, has other ideas. In Lancastrian England and war-torn France, there are three women whose lives are to have a marked effect on the future. Katherine de Valois, haunted by an unhappy childhood, finds love in an unexpected quarter and founds the Tudor dynasty; Joan of Arc leaves her village pastures on the command of heavenly voices; and Eleanor of Gloucester is drawn into a murder plot and becomes the centre of a cause célèbre. Murder, greed and ambition flourish alongside sacrifice, dedication and courage. These are turbulent times as the defeated become the victorious...