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A Secret Alchemy

By Emma Darwin

A Secret Alchemy Contemporary literature

A Secret Alchemy

By Emma Darwin

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Two murdered princes; a powerful queen betrayed; a nobleman riding towards his certain death... The story of the Princes in the Tower has been one of the most fascinating - and most brutal - murder mysteries in history for more than five hundred years. In a brilliant feat of historical daring, Emma Darwin has recreated the terrible, exhilarating world of the two youngest victims of the War of the Roses: the power struggles and passion that lay behind their birth, the danger into which they fell, the profoundly moving days before their imprisonment, and the ultimate betrayal of their innocence. In A Secret Alchemy, three voices speak: that of Elizabeth Woodville, the beautiful widow of King Edward IV; of her brother Anthony, surrogate father to the doomed Prince Edward and his brother Dickon; and that of present-day historian Una Pryor. Orphaned, and herself brought up in a family where secrets and rivalries threaten her world, Una's experience of tragedy, betrayal and lost love help her unlock the long-buried secrets that led to the princes' deaths. Weaving their stories together, Emma Darwin brilliantly evokes how the violence and glamour of past ages live on within our present.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
512
Release Date:
2009-04-30
Publication Date:
2009-04-30
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0755330676
ISBN13:
9780755330676
Weight:
332 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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