Audiobooks by Annie Garthwaite

The King’s Mother: The powerful new historical retelling spanning the Wars of the Roses to the Tudor Age

"Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF CECILY 1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – eighteen years old and unstoppable. Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to claim the title King’s Mother. But to win a throne is not to keep it and war is come again. As brother betrays brother, and trusted cousins turn treacherous, other mothers rise up to fight for other sons. Cecily must focus her will to defeat every challenge. Wherever they come from. Whatever the cost. For there can be only one King, and only one King’s Mother. From the Wars of the Roses to the dawn of the Tudor age, this is a story of mothers and sons; of maternal ferocity and female ambition - of all they can build and all they can destroy. 'Elegant and propulsive . . . I had to fight myself to put it down' A.K. Blakemore 'History at its most powerful: intimate and personal, visceral and devastating' Jennifer Saint 'Family dynamics at their most fierce - timeless and brilliant!' Kate Sawyer ©2024 Annie Garthwaite (P)2024 Penguin Audio"

Annie Garthwaite (Author), Amber Anderson (Narrator)

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Cecily: An epic feminist retelling of the War of the Roses

"Brought to you by Penguin. 1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant. 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... 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? Inside closed bedchambers and upon bloody battlefields, CECILY portrays war as women fight it. ACCLAIM FOR CECILY - AN EPIC FEMINIST RETELLING OF THE WAR OF THE ROSES 'A startling heroine' SARAH MOSS 'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' IMOGEN HERMES GOWER 'Wolf Hall for the 2020s' MANDA SCOTT 'Absorbing' TIMES 'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH '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' CHRIS CLEAVE 'Entirely absorbing and utterly compelling. Fifteenth century England leaps from the page, with all its political turmoil and bloodshed. I loved it' CAROLINE LEA 'Cecily stalks the corridors of power like a female Thomas Cromwell. A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses - what a feat' IMOGEN HERMES GOWER 'Masterfully written and wholly immersive, with characters that live and breathe. Cecily is a tour de force. I loved every sentence' JOANNE BURN 'Annie Garthwaite writes about the past with the sort of intimacy, immediacy and empathy that can only come from graft and craft' TOBY CLEMENTS 'BLOODY GREAT. So modern, so political, it could almost be set in Downing Street' KATE SAWYER 'An extraordinary achievement . . .I could touch and breathe Cecily's world as if I was walking in her shadow' CAROL MCGRATH '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' A J WEST © Annie Garthwaite 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021"

Annie Garthwaite (Author), Olivia Poulet (Narrator)

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