The Seventh Wife: Lineage Series Book Five

While on his deathbed King Henry VII knighted Thomas Overby son of Shropshire landowner Sir Edmund Overby. By the dying Kings command Sir Thomas was immediately thrust into service becoming Royal Standardbearer to the new King Henry VIII. However Sir Thomass position which gave him anonymity even with its constant visibility was merely a cover for his emergence as one of Henrys most trusted spies. As time goes on Sir Thomas becomes a close confidant and envoy of the Crown and is heavily involved in the construction of Henrys favorite ship Mary Rose. Constant proximity to Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon impacts both Sir Thomas and his wife Lady Joan in ways that neither of them expected before moving from their Shropshire estate to Greenwich Palace in London.