{"title":"Annie Garthwaite","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnie Garthwaite is an emerging voice in the realm of historical fiction, brilliantly bringing the past to life through her richly detailed and vividly narrated novels. With a keen eye for historical accuracy and an engaging storytelling style, Garthwaite's works delve into the intricate lives of influential women from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer debut novel, \u003cem\u003eCecily\u003c\/em\u003e, unveils the compelling story of Cecily Neville, the mother of King Edward IV and Richard III, offering a fresh perspective on her remarkable influence during the tumultuous Wars of the Roses. 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She chooses to start a fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou are born high, but marry a traitor's son. You bear him twelve children, carry his cause and bury his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou play the game, against enemies who wish you ashes. Slowly, you rise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou are Cecily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when the king who governs you proves unfit, what then?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLoyalty or treason - death may follow both. The board is set. Time to make your first move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of its greatest unknown protagonist, this astonishing debut plunges you into the closed bedchambers and bloody battlefields of the first days of the Wars of the Roses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304607207660,"sku":"9780241990971","price":18.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3623253482274.jpg?v=1743128777"},{"product_id":"the-kings-mother-by-annie-garthwaite-9780241998687","title":"The King’s Mother","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuthless. Devoted. Ambitious. Triumphant. This is war as women fight it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1461. Through violent war and great sacrifice, Edward IV has won England's coveted throne. Cecily, having piloted her family's rise to power, stands beside him as the nation's first King's Mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut competition is ferocious, and Cecily has met her match—three other women, driven by ambition, necessity, and fear, who will stop at nothing to put their own sons on the throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir conflict is desperate, the cost of failure high, and Cecily must sacrifice everything she has to secure her dynasty. 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