The Red Queen: A Novel Audiobook (Free)
- Bianca Amato
- 12 h 26 min
- Simon & Schuster Audio
- 2010-08-03
Summary:
The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The Light Queen, #1 New York Instances bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life Margaret Beaufort, heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, who charts her way through treacherous alliances to take control of the English throne.
Margaret Beaufort hardly ever surrenders her belief that her Lancaster house may be the true ruler of Britain, and that she has a great destiny before her. Married to a guy twice her age, quickly widowed, and a about The Crimson Queen: A Novel mother of them costing only fourteen, Margaret is set to turn her lonely life right into a triumph. She pieces her heart on putting her boy around the throne of England regardless of the cost to herself, to Britain, as well as to the little son. Disregarding rival heirs and the mind-boggling power from the York dynasty, she names him Henry, like the ruler; sends him into exile; and pledges him in marriage to her enemy Elizabeth of York’s daughter. As the politics tides constantly move and change, Margaret masterminds one of the biggest rebellions of all time-all the while knowing that her son is continuing to grow to manhood, recruited an military, and awaits his possibility to win the best prize in all of England.
The Crimson Queen is a novel of conspiracy, passion, and coldhearted ambition, the storyplot of the proud and established woman who believes that she alone is destined, by her piety and lineage, to shape the span of history.