If Katherine Howard had not been born both poor and beautiful, or had she not been adopted by her grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, she might indeed have wed her childhood playmate, Thomas Culpepper. But left to run wild in her grandmother's licentious household, Katherine was introduced to secret pleasures. And as she grew in years and beauty, she was made to serve the political ambitions of her powerful uncle, the Duke of Norfolk. When...

A fictional account of the lives of the couple who founded the Tudor dynasty, Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York, describes Henry's early life in exile, his triumphant return to England and victory in the War of the Roses, and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of King Edward IV, a union born of political necessity that became a true love affair.

A fictional portrait of Mary, the eldest daughter of the Catholic Duke of York, describes her politically advantageous marriage to her Protestant first cousin, William, the Prince of Orange, the rise of her father to the throne after the death of Charles II, and the choice Mary must make between her father and her husband in the midst of palace intrigue.