The King's Curse
- 作者
- 出版社 Touchstone
- 出版时间 2015年3月
- ISBN 150110361X 或 9781501103612
- 定价 44.80
内容简介
Fromthe#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorbehindtheStarzoriginalseriesTheWhiteQueencomesthestoryoflady-in-waitingMargaretPoleandheruniqueviewofKingHenryVIII’sstratosphericrisetopowerinTudorEngland.
RegardedasyetanotherthreattothevolatileKingHenryVII’sclaimtothethrone,MargaretPole,cousintoElizabethofYork(knownastheWhitePrincess)anddaughterofGeorge,DukeofClarence,ismarriedofftoasteadyandkindLancastersupporter—SirRichardPole.Forhisloyalty,SirRichardisentrustedwiththegovernorshipofWales,butMargaret’scontenteddailylifeischangedforeverwiththearrivalofArthur,theyoungPrinceofWales,andhisbeautifulbride,KatherineofAragon.Margaretsoonbecomesatrustedadvisorandfriendtothehoneymooningcouple,hidingherownroyalconnectionsinservicetotheTudors.
AfterthesuddendeathofPrinceArthur,KatherineleavesforLondonawidow,andfulfillsherdeathbedpromisetoherhusbandbymarryinghisbrother,HenryVIII.Margaret’sworldisturnedupsidedownbythesurprisingsummonstocourt,whereshebecomesthechieflady-in-waitingtoQueenKatherine.Butthischarmedlifeofthewealthiestand“holiest”womaninEnglandlastsonlyuntiltheriseofAnneBoleyn,andthedramaticdeteriorationoftheTudorcourt.Margarethastochoosewhetherherallegianceistotheincreasinglytyrannicalking,ortoherbelovedqueen;tothereligionshelovesorthetheologywhichservesthenewmasters.Caughtbetweentheoldworldandthenew,MargaretPolehastofindherownwayasshecarriestheknowledgeofanoldcurseonalltheTudors.
RegardedasyetanotherthreattothevolatileKingHenryVII’sclaimtothethrone,MargaretPole,cousintoElizabethofYork(knownastheWhitePrincess)anddaughterofGeorge,DukeofClarence,ismarriedofftoasteadyandkindLancastersupporter—SirRichardPole.Forhisloyalty,SirRichardisentrustedwiththegovernorshipofWales,butMargaret’scontenteddailylifeischangedforeverwiththearrivalofArthur,theyoungPrinceofWales,andhisbeautifulbride,KatherineofAragon.Margaretsoonbecomesatrustedadvisorandfriendtothehoneymooningcouple,hidingherownroyalconnectionsinservicetotheTudors.
AfterthesuddendeathofPrinceArthur,KatherineleavesforLondonawidow,andfulfillsherdeathbedpromisetoherhusbandbymarryinghisbrother,HenryVIII.Margaret’sworldisturnedupsidedownbythesurprisingsummonstocourt,whereshebecomesthechieflady-in-waitingtoQueenKatherine.Butthischarmedlifeofthewealthiestand“holiest”womaninEnglandlastsonlyuntiltheriseofAnneBoleyn,andthedramaticdeteriorationoftheTudorcourt.Margarethastochoosewhetherherallegianceistotheincreasinglytyrannicalking,ortoherbelovedqueen;tothereligionshelovesorthetheologywhichservesthenewmasters.Caughtbetweentheoldworldandthenew,MargaretPolehastofindherownwayasshecarriestheknowledgeofanoldcurseonalltheTudors.
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