Good evening everyone I was lucky enough to receive a copy of The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite yesterday. I was a huge fan of her first book Cecily so I am very excited to read this book soon, especially as it’s set in one of my favourite periods of history.
Huge thanks to @vikingbooksuk for sending a copy to Rossiter Books!
Out 11 July 2024.
Find out more about the book below ⬇️
What’s your favourite period of history?
Book Synopsis:
1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – eighteen years old and unstoppable. Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to claim the title King’s Mother.
But to win a throne is not to keep it and war is come again. As brother betrays brother, and trusted cousins turn treacherous, other mothers rise up to fight for other sons. Cecily must focus her will to defeat every challenge. Wherever they come from. Whatever the cost.
For there can be only one King, and only one King’s Mother.
From the Wars of the Roses to the dawn of the Tudor age, this is a story of mothers and sons; of maternal ferocity and female ambition – of all they can build and all they can destroy.
About The Author:
Annie Garthwaite grew up in a working-class community in the northeast of England. She studied English at the University of Wales before embarking on a thirty-year international business career working with multi-national companies and eventually establishing her own communications consultancy. In 2017 she studied for an MA in Creative Writing at Warwick University and, during two years of study, wrote her debut novel Cecily which was published by Penguin in 2021.
Cecily was named a ‘top pick’ by The Times and Sunday Times and a ‘Best Book of 2021’ by independent bookshops and Waterstones.
Annie’s second novel, The King’s Mother, will be published by Penguin on 11July 2024.
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My favourite historical period is probably the Plantagenets, but I love so much history.
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