

Instead, Alinor and her daughter Alys, have been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister, Alinor, that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant, Rowan, to join the rebel army. But the people are bitterly divided, and many do not welcome the new king or his young queen.


King Charles II has died without an heir and his brother James is to take the throne. It is 1685 and England is on the brink of a renewed civil war. Palace intrigue, defiant heroism, and a long-awaited love fulfilled from New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory in her Fairmile series.
