Court intrigue, bloody executions, and haunting emotional entanglements create a heady brew of mystery and adventure that sweeps us from the devastation of the ransacked cloisters to the dangerous spy centers of London and the Low Countries, as ex-novice Joanna Stafford fights to save her way of life and fulfill an ancient prophecy, before everything she loves is destroyed * C.W. Rarely have the terrors of Henry VIII's reformation been so exciting. Bilyeau writes compellingly of people and places that demand your attention and don't let you go even after the last exciting page - Karen Harper, bestselling author of MISTRESS OF MOURNING Heroine and former nun Joanna Stafford is beautiful, bold and in lethal danger. THE CHALICE offers a fresh, dynamic look into Tudor England's most powerful, volatile personalities: Henry VIII, the Duke of Norfolk, Stephen Gardiner and Bloody Mary Tudor. The human and political battles of Henry VIII's Reformation are brought to exhilarating life in THE CHALICE * Good Housekeeping * Publisher: Orion Publishing Co ISBN: 9781398718319 Number of pages: 432 Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Joanna embarks upon a testing journey, and, as she deciphers the meaning at the core of the prophecy, she learns that the fate of a king and the freedom of a nation rest in her hands.
She must make a choice between those she cares for most, and taking her part in a mysterious prophecy foretold by three compelling seers. But, no matter how hard she tries, she cannot escape the spreading darkness of her destiny. But family connections draw her dangerously close to a treasonous plot and, repelled by violence and the whispered conspiracies around her, Joanna seeks a life with a man who loves her. The nation is reeling after the ruthless dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII.Ĭast out of Dartford Priory, Joanna Stafford - feisty, courageous, but scarred by her recent encounter with rebellion at court - is trying to live a quiet life with her five-year-old charge, Arthur.
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