Publisher's Synopsis
Eleanor Talbot, newly widowed after the Battle of Blore Heath, meets Edward, Earl of March.It is a time of trials when the Lancastrians and Yorkists fight for supremacy...and the throne of England.The Talbots are staunch Lancastrians; Edward is the Son of York.The Battles of Mortimer's Cross and the bloodbath of Towton lead to Edward taking the crown.A secret marriage is hatched between the young King and Eleanor, but the "secret queen" is never announced to the Council.King Edward's womanising reaches new heights as, within a short time, his eye falls on another widowed beauty, Elizabeth Woodville, whom he also marries in a private, hidden ceremony. Mortified by all that has happened, Eleanor seeks atonement in religion, ...but will her past catch her up?Will the secret remain secret?A story of love and lust spanning two families, the Talbots and the Woodvilles, and two women both similar and yet very different. One who became Queen of England, and one who might have been.
