Full name: At the Mercy of the Queen: A Novel of Anne Boleyn

Author: Anne Clinard Barnhill Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780312662134 0312662130

A sweeping tale of sexual seduction and intrigue at the court of Henry VIII, At the Mercy of the Queen is a rich and dramatic debut historical about Madge Shelton, cousin and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn. At the innocent age of fifteen, Lady Margaret Shelton arrives at the court of Henry VIII and quickly becomes the confidante of her cousin, Queen Anne Boleyn. But she soon finds herself drawn into the perilous web of Anne's ambition. Desperate to hold onto the king's waning affection, Anne schemes to have him take her guileless young cousin as mistress, ensuring her husband's new paramour will owe her loyalty to the queen. But Margaret has fallen deeply in love with a handsome young courtier. She is faced with a terrible dilemma: give herself to the king and betray the love of her life or refuse to become his mistress and jeopardize the life of the her cousin, Queen Anne. Similar books: The Concubine by Norah Lofts To Die For by Sandra Byrd Mademoiselle Boleyn by Robin Maxwell The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau The Lady in the Tower by Jean Plaidy Brief Gaudy Hour by Margaret Campbell Barnes A Lady Raised High by Laurien Gardner Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy The Secret Bride by Diane Haeger Threads by Nell Gavin The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau Secrets of the Tudor Court by D. L. Bogdan Between Two Queens by Kate Emerson The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd