The Velvet Cage
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ePUB
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Ja
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Ja
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Erscheinungsdatum
15.01.2026
Verlag
Regnant PressSeitenzahl
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1016 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798233784507
A queen imprisoned. A household under siege. A woman who refuses to bend.
In 1570, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, arrives at Hardwick Hall not as a guest, but as a royal captive. Ordered by Elizabeth I to keep her cousin "honourably lodged," Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, finds her formidable household transformed into a gilded prison, and herself cast as both hostess and jailer.
As Mary's presence draws intrigue, ambition, and whispered loyalties into every corridor, Bess must balance duty to the Crown with the preservation of her marriage, her fortune, and her authority. Between two queens, one ruling, one imprisoned, Bess stands alone, navigating a perilous web of power, pride, and surveillance where a single misstep could mean ruin.
The Velvet Cage is a richly textured historical novel exploring confinement without chains, power wielded in silence, and the quiet wars fought behind castle walls. Told through the shifting perspectives of Bess, her husband, and the queen she guards, it reveals the cost of loyalty in an age when women ruled, but never freely.
Perfect for readers of Tudor and Elizabethan historical fiction, The Velvet Cage brings the private tensions of queens and courtiers vividly to life.
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