Cecily

<p><b>'A startling heroine' </b>SARAH MOSS, author of <i>Summerwater</i><br><br> <b>'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' </b>IMOGEN HERMES GOWER, author of <i>The Mermaid and Mr Hancock</i><br><br> <b>'Wolf Hall for the 2020s'</b> MANDA SCOTT, author of <i>Boudica</i><br><br> <b>'Absorbing'</b> <i>TIMES<br> </i>__________________________________<br><br> <b>1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant.</b><br><br> England has been fighting France for 100 years. At home, power-hungry men within a corrupt government manipulate a weak king - and name Cecily's husband, York's loyal duke, an enemy. As the king's grasp on sanity weakens, plots to destroy York take root...<br><br> It will take all of Cecily's courage and cunning to save her family. But when the will to survive becomes ambition for a crown, will she risk treason to secure it?<br><br> Inside closed bedchambers and upon bloody battlefields, CECILY portrays war as women fight it.<br> __________________________________<br> <b><br> <i>ACCLAIM FOR CECILY - AN EPIC FEMINIST RETELLING OF THE WAR OF THE ROSES</i></b><br><br> <b>'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' </b><i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</i><br><br> <b><i>'</i>Masterful and majestic; England's unspoken history told by one brilliant woman through the life of another. This important novel blazes on every page from its brutal first scene to its glittering final act'</b> CHRIS CLEAVE, author of <i>Everyone Brave is Forgiven</i><br><br> <b>'Entirely absorbing and utterly compelling. Fifteenth century England leaps from the page, with all its political turmoil and bloodshed. I loved it' </b>CAROLINE LEA, author of <i>The Glass Women<br> </i><br> <b>'Cecily stalks the corridors of power like a female Thomas Cromwell. A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses - what a feat'</b> IMOGEN HERMES GOWER, author of <i>The Mermaid and Mr Hancock</i><br><br> <b>'Masterfully written and wholly immersive, with characters that live and breathe. Cecily is a tour de force. I loved every sentence'</b> JOANNE BURN, author of <i>The Hemlock Cure</i><br><br> <b>'Annie Garthwaite writes about the past with the sort of intimacy, immediacy and empathy that can only come from graft and craft' </b>TOBY CLEMENTS, author of <i>Kingmaker</i><br> <b><br> 'BLOODY GREAT. So modern, so political, it could almost be set in Downing Street' </b>KATE SAWYER, author of <i>The Stranding</i><br><br> <b>'Shines a light into a dark corner of our history and reclaims the voice and story of a powerful and forgotten woman' </b>LIZ HYDER, author of The Gifts<br><br> <b>'An extraordinary achievement . . .I could touch and breathe Cecily's world as if I was walking in her shadow' </b>CAROL MCGRATH, author of <i>The Silken Rose</i><br><br> <b>'Impeccably researched, written with style and shot through with energy, heart and power. A perfectly paced tale of intrigue, influence and victory wrenched from defeat. Cecily has been overlooked for centuries. Not anymore' </b>A J WEST, author of <i>The Spirit Engineer</i></p> <p><b>'A startling heroine' </b>SARAH MOSS, <i>Summerwater</i><br><b>'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' </b>IMOGEN HERMES GOWER, <i>The Mermaid and Mr Hancock</i><br><b>'Wolf Hall for the 2020s'</b> MANDA SCOTT, <i>Boudica</i><br><b>'Absorbing'</b> <i>TIMES<br></i>__________<br><br><b>1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant.</b><br><br>England has been fighting France for 100 years. At home, power-hungry men within a corrupt government manipulate a weak king - and name Cecily's husband, York's loyal duke, an enemy. As the king's grasp on sanity weakens, plots to destroy York take root...<br><br>It will take all of Cecily's courage and cunning to save her family. But when the will to survive becomes ambition for a crown, will she risk treason to secure it?<br><br>Inside closed bedchambers and upon bloody battlefields, CECILY portrays war as women fight it.<br>__________<br><b><br><i>ACCLAIM FOR CECILY - AN EPIC FEMINIST RETELLING OF THE WAR OF THE ROSES</i></b><br><br><b>'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' </b><i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</i><br><br><b><i>'</i>Masterful and majestic; England's unspoken history told by one brilliant woman through the life of another. This important novel blazes on every page from its brutal first scene to its glittering final act'</b> CHRIS CLEAVE, author of <i>Everyone Brave is Forgiven</i><br><br><b>'Entirely absorbing and utterly compelling. Fifteenth century England leaps from the page, with all its political turmoil and bloodshed. I loved it' </b>CAROLINE LEA, author of <i>The Glass Women<br></i><br><b>'Cecily stalks the corridors of power like a female Thomas Cromwell. A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses - what a feat'</b> IMOGEN HERMES GOWER, author of <i>The Mermaid and Mr Hancock</i><br><br><b>'Masterfully written and wholly immersive, with characters that live and breathe. Cecily is a tour de force. I loved every sentence'</b> JOANNE BURN, author of <i>The Hemlock Cure</i><br><br><b>'Annie Garthwaite writes about the past with the sort of intimacy, immediacy and empathy that can only come from graft and craft' </b>TOBY CLEMENTS, author of <i>Kingmaker</i><br><b><br>'BLOODY GREAT. So modern, so political, it could almost be set in Downing Street' </b>KATE SAWYER, author of <i>The Stranding</i><br><br><b>'Shines a light into a dark corner of our history and reclaims the voice and story of a powerful and forgotten woman' </b>LIZ HYDER, author of The Gifts<br><br><b>'An extraordinary achievement . . .I could touch and breathe Cecily's world as if I was walking in her shadow' </b>CAROL MCGRATH, author of <i>The Silken Rose</i><br><br><b>'Impeccably researched, written with style and shot through with energy, heart and power. A perfectly paced tale of intrigue, influence and victory wrenched from defeat. Cecily has been overlooked for centuries. Not anymore' </b>A J WEST, author of <i>The Spirit Engineer</i></p>