Dark throne

The bestselling author of A Fortunate Smile returns with another compelling and historically accurate novel set in early modern England. London, 1529. After the death of his father, fourteen-year-old Nicholas of Waringham inherits a declining barony and incurs the relentless wrath of King Henry VIII. The king is determined to renounce the Catholic Church so he can divorce the queen. Papal supporters, including Henry's daughter Mary, soon find themselves in danger. However, amid the chaos of the Reformation, the English people place their hopes in Mary, and Nicholas devises a daring plan to protect the princess from her greatest enemy: her own father.