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The Pretender’s Wife

by Alison Weir

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Lady Catherine Gordon arrives at the Scottish court to marry a charismatic stranger who claims to be Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the princes believed to have disappeared in the Tower. Recognised by James IV as England’s rightful king, Catherine’s husband hopes to overthrow Henry VII and restore the House of York. To his enemies he is not Richard Plantagenet but Perkin Warbeck, a dangerous pretender whose invasions threaten the new Tudor dynasty. As Catherine follows his cause from Scotland towards rebellion in England, love and ambition bind her to a claim that may destroy them both. The novel centres the political struggle on a wife forced to protect her husband, her future and a secret of her own.

Historical periods

Medieval Period Late Medieval Wars of the Roses Yorkist England Tudor Period

Historical people

Henry VII1457–1509 Elizabeth of York1466–1503 Edward IV1442–1483 Elizabeth Woodville1437–1492 Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York1473–1483 Lady Catherine Gordon1474–1537 Perkin Warbeck1474–1499 James IV1473–1513 Margaret of York1446–1503

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