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About Anne. Anne was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. After gaining a B.A. Honours degree in History at Manchester University, a PGCE at Leeds University and a Masters degree in education at Hull University, she lived in the East Riding as a teacher of history. Always a prolific reader, she enjoyed historical fiction and was encouraged to ...
This is Alice Perrers, the King’s Concubine, a vicious royal mistress accused by her contemporaries of rapacious and self-serving greed, wheeling and dealing to achieve a fortune in land and jewels. Of manipulating an aging monarch until her avaricious hands replaced his on the reins of power. If even half of this was true, she was a ...
I am just completing a novel of the marvellous letter-writing Paston family, bedevilled by wills, legal challenges and sieges. There are some splendid women in the Paston story for me to spend time with. Anne O'Brien is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of titles such as The Queen's Rival, and here she gives an interview on her career.
Now available in paperback in the UK. from 22nd March 2018. Her reputation is one of beauty, scandal and rumour. Her royal blood makes her a desirable bride. Her ambition and passion make her a threat. She is mother to the child-king Richard II. She is the power behind the throne. She is Joan of Kent – the Shadow Queen.
Combine Editions. Anne O'Brien’s books. Average rating: 3.89 · 20,900 ratings · 1,871 reviews · 71 distinct works • Similar authors. The King's Concubine. 3.97 avg rating — 3,154 ratings — published 2012 — 27 editions. Want to Read. saving…. Want to Read. Currently Reading.
Anne was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. After gaining a B.A. Honours degree in History at Manchester University, a PGCE at Leeds University and a Masters degree in education at Hull University, she lived in the East Riding as a teacher of history. Always a prolific reader, she enjoyed historical fiction and was encouraged to try her hand ...
4 de mai. de 2017 · May 7, 2017. Anne O’Brien’s new novel, The Shadow Queen, tells the story of Joan of Kent, wife of the Black Prince and mother of the future King Richard II of England. Although Joan wasn’t actually a queen, she was never far from the throne – as cousin to Edward III, she had Plantagenet blood, and through her husband, Edward’s eldest ...
