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Written by Susan Higginbotham
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Monday, 25 July 2005 19:00 |
The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II by Susan Higginbotham
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication date: July 2005  In fourteenth-century England, Eleanor de Clare, favorite niece of King Edward II and lady-in-waiting to Queen Isabella, experiences the tumult of her beloved uncle's reign firsthand, beginning with the death of her brother-in-law, Piers Gaveston, at the hands of the kingdom's great earls.
The ill-fated Battle of Bannockburn leaves Eleanor a wealthy woman, fueling the unbridled ambition of her unscrupulous husband, Hugh le Despenser. But Hugh makes a powerful enemy-the queen herself. When tragedy results, shattering Eleanor's comfortable world, Eleanor must rebuild her life amid a regime that is as corrupt as the one it has replaced-and far more vicious. Available at online booksellers and on order from your favorite bookstore. ISBN: 0595359590
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