{"product_id":"9780241990971","title":"Cecily","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDON'T MISS ANNIE GARTHWAITE'S NEW NOVEL, \u003ci\u003eTHE KING'S MOTHER\u003c\/i\u003e, OUT NOW.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A startling heroine' \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH MOSS, author of \u003ci\u003eSummerwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' \u003c\/b\u003eIMOGEN HERMES GOWER, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mermaid and Mr Hancock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wolf Hall for the 2020s'\u003c\/b\u003e MANDA SCOTT, author of \u003ci\u003eBoudica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Absorbing'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e__________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e England has been fighting France for 100 years. At home, power-hungry men within a corrupt government manipulate a weak king - and name Cecily's husband, York's loyal duke, an enemy. As the king's grasp on sanity weakens, plots to destroy York take root...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It will take all of Cecily's courage and cunning to save her family. But when the will to survive becomes ambition for a crown, will she risk treason to secure it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inside closed bedchambers and upon bloody battlefields, CECILY portrays war as women fight it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTO CONTINUE CECILY'S STORY,  READ \u003ci\u003eTHE KING'S MOTHER -\u003c\/i\u003e OUT NOW.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e __________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eACCLAIM FOR CECILY - AN EPIC FEMINIST RETELLING OF THE WAR OF THE ROSES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eMasterful and majestic; England's unspoken history told by one brilliant woman through the life of another. This important novel blazes on every page from its brutal first scene to its glittering final act'\u003c\/b\u003e CHRIS CLEAVE, author of \u003ci\u003eEveryone Brave is Forgiven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Entirely absorbing and utterly compelling. Fifteenth century England leaps from the page, with all its political turmoil and bloodshed. I loved it' \u003c\/b\u003eCAROLINE LEA, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Cecily stalks the corridors of power like a female Thomas Cromwell. A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses - what a feat'\u003c\/b\u003e IMOGEN HERMES GOWER, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mermaid and Mr Hancock \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Masterfully written and wholly immersive, with characters that live and breathe. Cecily is a tour de force. I loved every sentence'\u003c\/b\u003e JOANNE BURN, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hemlock Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Annie Garthwaite writes about the past with the sort of intimacy, immediacy and empathy that can only come from graft and craft' \u003c\/b\u003eTOBY CLEMENTS, author of \u003ci\u003eKingmaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'BLOODY GREAT. So modern, so political, it could almost be set in Downing Street' \u003c\/b\u003eKATE SAWYER, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShines a light into a dark corner of our history and reclaims the voice and story of a powerful and forgotten woman' \u003c\/b\u003eLIZ HYDER, author of The Gifts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary achievement . . .I could touch and breathe Cecily's world as if I was walking in her shadow' \u003c\/b\u003eCAROL MCGRATH, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silken Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Impeccably researched, written with style and shot through with energy, heart and power. A perfectly paced tale of intrigue, influence and victory wrenched from defeat. Cecily has been overlooked for centuries. Not anymore' \u003c\/b\u003eA J WEST, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Engineer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garthwaite, Annie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56686155137410,"sku":"9780241990971","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9780241990971.jpg?v=1780473099","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241990971","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}