One Queen, One Empress and the Crown that would define them both.
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September 2011
On Sale: September 1, 2011
Featuring: Queen Adeliza; Empress Matilda; Stephen
544 pages ISBN: 1402250924 EAN: 9781402250927 Kindle: B0057H765I Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Royal wives and royal widows, Queen Adeliza and her stepdaughter, Empress Matilda, are the only two women to be titled "Lady of the English," a title that does not come cheap.
Matilda, daughter of Henry I, knows that there are those who will not accept her as England's queen when her father dies. But the men who support her rival Stephen do not know the iron will that drives her.
Adeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matilda's stepmother, is now married to a warrior who fights to keep Matilda off the throne. But Adeliza, born with a strength that can sustain her through heartrending pain, knows that the crown belongs to a woman this time.
In the anarchy, in a world where a man's word is law, how can Adeliza obey her husband while supporting Matilda?
How long can Matilda fight for the throne that she has struggled so bitterly to win?
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