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Power and love are always difficult to have at the same time, but truth and death go hand in hand - in the spring of 1502, Arthur Tudor, who was only sixteen years old, died unexpectedly. The young crown prince who had the same name as the ancient British king passed away before he could realize his ideals of governing the country. The king and his wife lost their beloved son, and his young widow Catherine had to wait for the king's brother to come of age to remarry him... In the autumn of 1514, a newborn baby stopped breathing in his infancy. Queen Catherine suffered the loss of another son, and the Tudor dynasty still had not yet welcomed the expected heir. Only the last of the Plantagenets, Margaret Pole, might know why. That was a curse, derived from the power of the water goddess Melusina-those who murder the princes in the tower will also be cut off from their own escape. The book "The King's Curse" tells the story of the troubled life of Margaret Pole, a descendant of Plantagenet. Her noble birth was the reason why she was deposed by the Tudor family. She fell into abject poverty and lived in hardship for a time. After Henry VIII succeeded to the throne, she regained the favor of the royal family and her status rose. She was even later named Countess of Salisbury. Queen Catherine's inability to give birth to an heir becomes a dark cloud hanging over the Tudor royal family. Margaret remembers a secret curse passed down in the family: the descendants of anyone who murders the Plantagenet Prince in the Tower will suffer the same fate. As Henry fell out with the queen, Margaret, who sided with Catherine, once again lost the king's trust, and her fate became precarious... Readers who want to understand the history of the Tudor Dynasty can feel the intensity of the various struggles surrounding the throne of England at that time from the book.

Power and love are always difficult to have at the same time, but truth and death go hand in hand - In the hot summer of 1503, Margaret of the Tudor family held a grand ceremony with the King of Scotland. The marriage and coronation simultaneously gave the Tudor princess happiness and power. She was very satisfied with the marriage: she was marrying a mature monarch, while Catherine, who was married to her brother Arthur, was just a princess. However, thousands of miles away and alone, she could only confide in endless letters with Catherine and her sister Mary, who was married to France. The three aristocratic women were like sisters, but they also had hidden jealousies. They had no choice about the future. Giving birth to a precious heir was the only meaning of becoming a queen. Conspiracy and lust for power separate their emotions. How will they finally make a choice? "Three Sisters and Three Queens" focuses on the three women around Henry VIII: his biological sisters and his first queen. Margaret and Mary married in Scotland and France respectively, while Catherine, who became his queen, came from Spain. Although the three of them were royal ladies, they essentially still had to rely on male dignitaries to make a living. The meaning of life was just to give birth to children, but under the harsh medical conditions at the time, every birth was like a trip to hell. Whichever of them gives birth to a prince first, may become the mother of the Tudor heir. The emotions of the three people are interdependent and undercurrent... The book shows the reality of the low social status of women at that time from the side many times, and can also see the budding self-awareness of women who are bound by traditional education.

This set of books is part of the Plantagenet and Tudor series, including: "The River Daughter", "The Kingmaker's Daughter", "The Red Queen", "The White Princess", "The Eternal Princess", "The Queen's Fool" and "The Last Tudor", a total of 7 volumes. Focusing on the British royal women in the late Middle Ages, writing "her history" from a first-person perspective, and comprehensively showing the disputes behind the "War of the Roses" and "Tudor Dynasty".

Power and love are always difficult to have at the same time, but truth and death go hand in hand. In January 1486, a hopeless love affair ended. Princess Elizabeth of York wore a blood-red wedding dress and became the bride of Henry Tudor. However, this political marriage full of suspicion was full of thorns from the beginning. The York boy who was rumored to have died suddenly appears overseas. Is he a conspirator with evil intentions, or is he the legitimate heir to England? Internal and external troubles, disputes abound, and war is about to break out... White roses or red roses, what choice will Elizabeth make? The translation has been significantly revised in all aspects to improve accuracy and fluency. The overall unified translation has improved the deficiencies of the old translation. The reprinted character relationship diagram and supplementary annotations make it easier for readers to read without any threshold.

Power and love are always difficult to have at the same time, but truth and death go hand in hand - in May 1471, the "Kingmaker" Earl Warwick was killed by the boy who helped him to the throne. The fate of his two daughters was turned upside down from then on - Isabel's life was shrouded in the cloud of poison, and Anne's marriage was crumbling on the way to the throne step by step. The irresolvable blood feud, the precarious throne, the unfortunate heir who died prematurely... Anne finally discovered that what she had was not the crown she dreamed of, but the vicious curse of the witch. Whose name was written in blood in Queen Elizabeth's secret box? The translation has been significantly revised in all aspects to improve accuracy and fluency. The overall unified translation has improved the deficiencies of the old translation. The reprinted character relationship diagram and supplementary annotations make it easier for readers to read without any threshold.

One of the "Wars of the Roses" series, Philippa Gregory's representative work, set in the British War of the Roses, mainly depicts the story of women who played a key role in the struggle between the two families. The story of "War of the Roses: The Kingmaker's Daughters" focuses on the two daughters of the famous "Kingmaker" Earl of Warwick. In order to realize their father's ambition, the lives of the two girls were destined not to be smooth from the day they were born. In the constant political struggle, they were like chess pieces and were used by all parties. Although one of them eventually took the position of queen, he also paid a heavy price in blood.

The protagonist of "The Eternal Princess" is the wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Mary I: Princess Catherine of Spain. When she married into England, she was just a young girl with extraordinary beauty and pure heart. However, one tragedy after another cast an increasingly thick shadow on her life. From an innocent girl to a political victim, Catherine, the mother of "Bloody Mary", fell into the quagmire of royal battles step by step.

One of the "Wars of the Roses" series, Philippa Gregory's representative work, set in the British War of the Roses, mainly depicts the story of women who played a key role in the struggle between the two families. The heroine of "The Lady of the River" is Jacquetta, the mother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, "the most beautiful woman in Britain". In the book, she is a beauty who inherited the prophetic ability of the legendary river goddess. She established a friendship with Joan of Arc when she was young, and was later proposed and married by the Duke because of her ability. Although Jacquetta only pursues pure love and a perfect family, her family has reached the center of the vortex of palace struggle. Even if she can predict the future, she cannot escape the tricks of fate.