The Royal Game

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I was completely captivated Barbara Erskine

The spellbinding new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Anne OBrien.
England, 1444. Three women challenge the course of history

King Henry VIs grip on the crown hangs by a thread as the Wars of the Roses starts to tear England apart. And from the ashes of war, the House of Paston begins its rise to power.

Led by three visionary women, the Pastons are a family from humble peasant beginnings who rely upon cunning, raw ambition, and good fortune in order to survive.

Their ability to plot and scheme sees them overcome imprisonment, violence and betrayal, to eventually secure for their family a castle and a place at the heart of the Yorkist Court. But success breeds jealousy and brings them dangerous enemies

An inspirational story of courage and resilience,The Royal Game,charts the rise of three remarkable women from obscurity to the very heart of Court politics and intrigue.

A wonderfully immersive and intriguing read, meticulously researched. I was completely captivated Barbara Erskine

Reviews

A wonderfully immersive and intriguing read, meticulously researched. I was completely captivated Barbara Erskine

A gorgeously insightful, inspiring and courageous read Frost Magazine

An engrossing story of one familys attempts to gain land and power in fifteenth century England an eye-opening insight into how wealth was gained and lost in late medieval England as well as a pleasure to read Mick Finlay

Fast paced, immersive historical fiction that breathes life into the figures that populated our Medieval past I thoroughly enjoyed it! Anita Frank

A gripping historical novel that captures the turbulent rise of one of the most influential families of the Middle Ages in rich and exciting detail Nicola Cornick

Praise for Anne OBrien:

A compelling story of divided loyalties and family betrayals. Dramatic and highly evocative Woman & Home

There are historical novels and then there are the works of Anne OBrien and this is another hit Sun

O'Brien manages to reinvent historical fiction My Weekly

Dramatic and highly evocative Womans Weekly

One of the best writers around she outdoes even Philippa Gregory Sun

OBrien is a terrific story teller Daily Telegraph

OBrien cleverly intertwines the personal and political in this enjoyable, gripping tale The Times

This thrilling historical novel has it all high politics, drama, emotion, excellent writing It's a rollercoaster of a read Carol McGrath

A deftly woven journey. Impeccable research shines through Matt Lewis

A gripping story of love, heartache and political intrigue Woman & Home

The characters are larger than life and the author a compulsive storyteller Sunday Express

This book has everything royalty, scandal, fascinating historical politics Cosmopolitan

Author Bio

Anne O'Brien was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. After gaining a BA Honours degree in History at Manchester University and a Master's in Education at Hull, she lived in the East Riding for many years as a teacher of history. She now lives with her husband in an eighteenth-century timber-framed cottage in depths of the Welsh Marches in Herefordshire on the borders between England and Wales.