The Kingmaker's Daughter

London: Simon and Schuster, 2012. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 432 pages. Map endpapers of London in 1465. Map of England, Scotland and Wales and France in 1465. Anne Neville and her sister Isabel are daughters of the most powerful magnate in 15th century England, the Earl of Warwick, nicknamed the 'Kingmaker'. Ever ruthless, always plotting, in the absence of a son and heir, Warwick sets about using his daughters as pawns in his vicious political games. Anne grows from a delightful child, brought up at the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, in intimacy and friendship with the family of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Her life is overturned when her father turns on his former allies, escapes England and invades with an enemy army. Widowed at 14, fatherless, with her mother locked in sanctuary, and her sister a vengeful enemy, Anne faces the world alone. But fortune's wheel turns once again. Anne plots her escape from her sister's house, finds herself a husband in the handsome young Duke of Gloucester, and marries without permission, in secret. But danger still follows her. She finds that she has a mortal enemy in the most beautiful queen of England. Anne has to protect herself and her precious son from the treacherous court, the deadly royal rival, and even from the driving ambition of her husband - Richard III. L. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.