'A startling heroine' SARAH MOSS Summerwater'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the
Roses' IMOGEN HERMES GOWER The Mermaid and Mr Hancock'Wolf Hall for the 2020s' MANDA SCOTT
Boudica'Absorbing' TIMES__________1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant. 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... 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?Inside closed bedchambers and upon bloody
battlefields CECILY portrays war as women fight it. __________ACCLAIM FOR CECILY - AN EPIC
FEMINIST RETELLING OF THE WAR OF THE ROSES'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' SUNDAY
TELEGRAPH'Masterful 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' CHRIS CLEAVE author of Everyone Brave is Forgiven'Entirely
absorbing and utterly compelling. Fifteenth century England leaps from the page with all its
political turmoil and bloodshed. I loved it' CAROLINE LEA author of The Glass Women'Cecily
stalks the corridors of power like a female Thomas Cromwell. A vividly female perspective on
the Wars of the Roses - what a feat' IMOGEN HERMES GOWER author of The Mermaid and Mr
Hancock'Masterfully written and wholly immersive with characters that live and breathe. Cecily
is a tour de force. I loved every sentence' JOANNE BURN author of The Hemlock Cure'Annie
Garthwaite writes about the past with the sort of intimacy immediacy and empathy that can only
come from graft and craft' TOBY CLEMENTS author of Kingmaker'BLOODY GREAT. So modern so
political it could almost be set in Downing Street' KATE SAWYER author of The
Stranding'Shines a light into a dark corner of our history and reclaims the voice and story of
a powerful and forgotten woman' LIZ HYDER author of The Gifts'An extraordinary achievement . .
.I could touch and breathe Cecily's world as if I was walking in her shadow' CAROL MCGRATH
author of The Silken Rose'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' A J WEST author of The
Spirit Engineer
