Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your family closest of all...
Darcey Bonnette Knihy
Tento autor skúma zložité vzťahy a temné stránky ľudskej psychiky. Jeho diela sa často ponárajú do otázok viny, pokánia a hľadania vykúpenia v najtemnejších zákutiach ľudskej duše. Prostredníctvom pútavého štýlu a hlbokého porozumenia ľudskej povahy ponúka čitateľom podmanivé a myšlienkovo provokujúce zážitky. Jeho písanie je poznačené emocionálnou intenzitou a nekompromisným pohľadom na realitu.
Mary Howard is ecstatic when she receives the news that she will be leaving home for the court of Henry VIII. But Mary soon discovers that she is a pawn in a plot devised by her father, and she must learn to play her part well in a dangerous chess game that could change her life and the course of history.
As daughter of Henry VII, Margaret Tudor's duty is to gain alliances for England. Barely out of girlhood, Margaret is married by proxy to James IV and while Jamie is an affectionate husband, he is not a faithful one and providing an heir cannot guarantee Margaret's safety when Jamie leads an invading army against her own brother, Henry VIII. In the wake of tragic loss she falls prey to the attentions of the ambitious Earl of Angus - a move that brings Scotland to the brink of anarchy. Beset by betrayal, secret alliances, and the vagaries of her own heart, Margaret has one overriding ambition - to preserve the crown of Scotland for her son, no matter what the cost.
