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The King's Curse: Henry VIII's transformation from golden boy to sinister tyrant: Cousins' War 6

Loyalty, a secret curse and a Tudor court turning cruel.
Reading guide
This is the sixth novel in the Cousins' War sequence, so it continues the sequence from the earlier books. The blurb presents it as a complete story centred on Margaret Pole's experience of the Tudor court.
Margaret moves from the quiet life of a Tudor supporter's wife to guardian of the young Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon. After hardship and the old king's death, she returns to court as lady in waiting to Queen Katherine just as Henry VIII grows harsher. Margaret must decide where her allegiance lies while keeping a secret about the curse on the Tudor line.

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Margaret Pole carries Plantagenet blood in a kingdom now ruled by the Tudors, a position that makes her a rival claimant the new dynasty prefers to keep close. Married to a loyal Tudor supporter, she becomes guardian to Arthur, Prince of Wales, and his bride, Katherine of Aragon. Tragedy leaves her in poverty until the old king's death returns her to court as lady in waiting to Queen Katherine, just as young Henry VIII begins his turn from golden boy to tyrant.

This sixth Cousins' War novel asks what loyalty costs when friendship and survival pull in opposite directions. Margaret also keeps a dangerous secret: a curse was laid on the Tudor line, and she is watching it come true. The publisher's blurb describes it as a richly absorbing choice for anyone who enjoys Tudor history seen through the eyes of a clever, watchful woman.

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