#1 NY Times bestselling writer and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory provides to life the storyplot of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman of passion and of story who navigated a treacherous path through the fight lines in the Battle of the Roses to bring her family unimaginable power.

When the young and beautiful Jacquetta is married towards the older Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in about THE GIRL of the Rivers the great household is the duke’s squire Richard Woodville, who’s at her aspect when the duke’s loss of life leaves her a rich young widow. The two become enthusiasts and marry in secret, returning to Britain to serve on the court of the young Ruler Henry VI, where Jacquetta turns into a close and loyal friend to his brand-new queen.

The Woodvilles quickly achieve a location at the very heart of the Lancaster court, though Jacquetta has visions from the growing threat from the people of England as well as the danger of their royal York rivals. Jacquetta fights for her king and queen, as she views an extraordinary and unexpected long term for her daughter Elizabeth: a big change of fortune, the white rose of York, as well as the throne of Britain…