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Sep 16, 2021 · England, 1444. Three women challenge the course of history…. King Henry VI’s 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.
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Feb 28, 2022 · The spellbinding new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Anne O’Brien. England, 1444. Three women challenge the course of history…. King Henry VI’s grip on the crown hangs by a thread as the Wars of the Roses starts to tear England apart.
Plot summary. An anonymous narrator opens the story by describing the boarding of a passenger liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires. One of the passengers is world chess champion Mirko Czentovic. Czentovic is an idiot savant [3] and prodigy with no obvious qualities apart from his talent for chess.
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The Royal Game. Written by Anne O’Brien. Review by Tracey Warr. The novel opens with a dispute over a will between mother and son, Agnes Paston and John Paston, which sets the tenor of the book. The Pastons are a litigious family, based in Norfolk.
Mar 31, 2022 · The Royal Game by Anne O’Brien. Just as Samuel Pepys’ diary gave us a vivid snapshot of life in the 17th century, it is the richly detailed letters of three remarkable women from the...
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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...
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Sep 16, 2021 · 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…. The Royal Game by Anne O’Brien is published on 16 September, 2021.
