She was born to power, bound by faith, and destined to crown a king.
At fourteen, Margaret Beaufort is widowed and a mother, her future seemingly written by others. Yet she never surrenders her conviction that her son, Henry, is England’s rightful heir. Through shifting alliances, betrayal, and war, she devotes her life to a single cause—placing him on the throne, whatever the cost.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory comes the story of a woman whose piety masks unyielding ambition. The Red Queen captures the peril and passion of the Wars of the Roses through the eyes of one of its most formidable players. The novel inspired the acclaimed STARZ miniseries The White Queen.
