**Two women separated by time but linked by twin destinies investigate
the mysterious, tragic fate of the young princes in the tower in this
engrossing novel, "a juicy mix of romance, drama, and Tudor history"
(Ladies' Home Journal).
**
"Alison Weir's strong suit as a fiction writer is making her novels
living history."--The Courier-Journal
When her older sister, Lady Jane Grey, is executed in 1554 for
unlawfully accepting the English crown, Lady Katherine Grey's world
falls apart. Barely recovered from this tragic loss she risks all for
love, only to incur the wrath of her formidable cousin Queen Elizabeth
I, who sees Katherine as a rival for her insecure throne.
Interlaced with Katherine's story is that of her distant kinswoman Kate
Plantagenet, the bastard daughter of Richard III. In 1483, Kate travels
to London for Richard's coronation, and soon hears terrible rumors about
him that threaten all she holds dear. Like Katherine Grey, she falls in
love with a man who is forbidden to her.
Then Kate embarks on what will become a perilous quest, covertly seeking
the truth about what befell her cousins--two young princes--who may have
been victims of Richard III's lust for power. But time is not on Kate's
side, or on Katherine's, who has been imprisoned. What secrets will be
revealed in the notorious Tower of London?
In this rich and layered story set within a framework of fascinating
historical authenticity, Katherine and Kate discover that possessing
royal blood can prove to be a dangerous inheritance.
