Deze serie dompelt je onder in het hart van Engeland tijdens een periode van tumultueuze politieke onrust en persoonlijke strijd. Volg de reizen van vrouwen die door verraderlijke landschappen navigeren waar macht en loyaliteit gevaarlijke handelswaar worden. De verhalen verweven historische gebeurtenissen met ingewikkelde plots en machtsstrijd, waarbij vertrouwen zeldzaam en breekbaar is. Het is een boeiende verkenning van overleven te midden van revolutie en verraad.
1642. England rushes towards a war between the King and Parliament. Two women face difficulties ahead. The unpopular Queen Henrietta can no longer rely on those in the royal courts of Europe. And the Countess of Carlisle must remain loyal to the King, despite his betrayal of her lover. Both try to survive in a world where no one can be trusted.
1642. England rushes towards a war between the King and Parliament. Two women face difficulties ahead. The unpopular Queen Henrietta can no longer rely on those in the royal courts of Europe. And the Countess of Carlisle must remain loyal to the King, despite his betrayal of her lover. Both try to survive in a world where no one can be trusted.
Summer, 1643. King Charles I and Parliament continue to wage a gory war where no one is safe. Caroline Pendleton, a young widow, must fend for herself in London, while Lucy Hay, the beautiful Countess of Carlisle, juggles her conflicting allegiances, and Queen Henrietta faces exile to France again . . . but will her pregnancy scupper her escape?