Lady of the Roses: A Novel of the Wars of the Roses

Worth, Sandra

ISBN 10: 0425219143 / ISBN 13: 9780425219140

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lady of the Roses: A Novel of the Wars of the Roses
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425219143
• ISBN 13: 9780425219140
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Before Romeo and Juliet, there was Montagu and Isobel...

A sweeping historical novel set against the backdrop of England's Wars of the Roses that chronicles the real-life love story of Isobel Ingoldesthorpe, a Lancastiran ward of Queen Marguerite, and the Yorkist, John Neville, Lord Montagu, medieval ancestors of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Sir Winston Churchill.

During her short time as a ward in Queen Marguerite's Lancastrian court, fifteen-year-old Isobel has had many suitors ask for her hand, but the spirited beauty is blind to all but Yorkist Sir John Neville. It is nothing short of a miracle when the Queen allows Isobel's marriage to the enemy, albeit at a hefty price.

All around Isobel and John rages a lawless war. It is only their passion that can see them through the violent madness of Queen Marguerite and the devolution of Isobel's meek uncle into the Butcher of England. For theirs is an everlasting love that fears not the scratch of thorns, from either the Red Rose or the White.

About the Author

Sandra Worth is the award-winning internationally published author of six historical novels on the Wars of the Roses, three with Penguin U.S.A. She is devoted to giving her readers history they can trust as she takes them on high-stakes adventures through war-torn worlds redeemed by love. After an extended forced absence from the book world, she is back with Tomorrow We Will Know, her seventh book and first foray into the fascinating and emotionally-charged last days of Eastern Rome. She holds an honors B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Toronto and has won a bouquet of coveted book awards and prizes for her work that include the prestigious Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers Choice Award for Best Historical Biography of the Year and the Ray Bradbury/ Francis Ford Coppola/Moxie Films-sponsored New Century Writer Grand Prize. She loves hearing from readers. Visit her on Facebook at Sandra Worth Author.