The Queen's Rivals - by Brandy Purdy (Paperback)

About the Book

Ladies Jane, Katherine, and Mary Grey, cousins to Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I live in constant fear that their positions of being too close to the throne will be their eventual downfall.

Book Synopsis

As cousins of history's most tempestuous queens, Ladies Jane, Katherine, and Mary Grey were born in an age when all of London lived beneath the Tower's menacing shadow. Tyrannized by Bloody Mary and the Virgin Queen, the sisters feared love was unthinkable--and the scaffold all but unavoidable. . .

Raised to fear her royal blood and what it might lead men to do in her name, Mary Grey dreads what will become of herself and her elder sisters under the reigns of Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I. On their honor, they have no designs on the crown, yet are condemned to solitude, forbidden to wed. Though Mary, accustomed to dwelling in the shadows, the subject of whispers, may never catch the eye of a gentleman, her beautiful and brilliant sisters long for freedoms that would surely cost their lives. And so, wizened for her years, Mary can only hope for divine providence amid a bleak present and a future at the whim of the throne--unless destiny gains the upper hand.

A gripping and bittersweet tale of broken families and broken hearts, courage and conviction, The Queen's Rivals recounts an astonishing chapter in the hard-won battle for the Tudor throne.

""Recommended for readers who can't get enough of the Tudors and have devoured all of Philippa Gregory's books."" --Library Journal on The Boleyn Wife

""Purdy wonderfully reimagines the behind-the-scenes lives of the two sisters."" --Historical Novel Reviews on The Tudor Throne

About the Author

Brandy Purdy is the author of several historical novels. When she's not writing, she's either reading, watching classic movies, or spending time with her cat, Tabby. She first became interested in history at the age of nine or ten when she read a book of ghost stories that contained a chapter about the ghost of Anne Boleyn haunting the Tower of London. Visit her website at http: //www.brandypurdy.com for more information about her books. You can also follow her via her blog at http: //brandypurdy.blogspot.com where she posts updates about her work and reviews of what she has been reading.