Suzannah Dunn

The novel is told by two women, Anne Boleyn, mistress and Queen of Henry VIII and Lucy Cornwallis, the King’s confectioner. They are linked by Mark Smeaton, a lowly court musician, whose alleged adultery with Anne Boleyn brought about her downfall.

Level-headed Katherine Parr survived four years of marriage to Henry VIII. After his death she followed her heart and married the handsome and ambitious Thomas Seymour. Has her hasty marriage undone a lifetime of caution?