Sisters of treason: a novel
(2014)

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Simon & Schuster Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2014
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 28 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781442377264 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11752741, 1442377267 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11752741
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Georgina Sutton, Teresa Gallagher and Rachel Bavidge

From the author of Queen's Gambit, which People magazine called, "A must-read for Philippa Gregory fans, " a gripping historical novel about two sisters who tread as dangerously close to the crown as their tragic sister, Lady Jane Grey, executed after just nine days on the throne. Early in Mary Tudor's turbulent reign, Lady Catherine and Lady Mary Grey are reeling after the brutal execution of their elder seventeen-year-old sister, Lady Jane Grey, and the succession is by no means stable. In Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Freemantle brings these young women to life in a spellbinding Tudor tale of love and politics. Neither sister is well suited to a dangerous life at court. Flirtatious Lady Catherine, thought to be the true heir, cannot control her compulsion to love and be loved. Her sister, clever Lady Mary, has a crooked spine and a tiny stature in an age when physical perfection equates to goodness-and both girls have inherited the Tudor blood that is more curse than blessing. For either girl to marry without royal permission would be a potentially fatal political act. It is the royal portrait painter, Levina Teerlinc, who helps the girls survive these troubled times. She becomes their mentor and confidante, but when the Queen's sister, the hot-headed Elizabeth, inherits the crown, life at court becomes increasingly treacherous for the surviving Grey sisters. Ultimately each young woman must decide how far she will go to defy her Queen, risk her life, and find the safety and love she longs for. Sisters of Treason brings to vivid life the perilous and romantic lives of two little known young women who played a major role in the complex politics of their day

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