This story takes place during the Wars of the Roses--the battles for the throne of England between the Yorks and the Lancastrians, beginning in the mid 1400s. We hear this story told from two points of views--Harry, Duke of Buckingham, and his wife, Kate Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham. These two meet and marry when they are just children and we hear the story told from them as they grow up and their lives become more and more complicated.
I really liked this book. Susan Higginbotham has made both of her main characters very likeable and I was very engaged with the story all through the book. It's particularly interesting to me that so much is NOT known about this time in history--there are questions that can never be answered! I guess that's one of the things that makes history such an attractive subject to so many. I liked Susan Higginbotham's answers to some of these mysteries very much. I appreciated her "author's note" at the end and her suggestions for further reading.
If you liked Wolf Hall , you'll probably like this one as well. There was little or no bad language but there was plenty of sex--none of it explicit. It happened, but you don't have to read all about it. I really enjoyed this book!
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