The King's Curse

“I have spent my life running away from the Tower...“

Margaret Pole was of the old family, the Plantagenet's. Her father was executed for treason. Her brother lost his head for nothing more than his family name. When Henry VIII comes to the throne, it is a new world for Margaret. Her lands are restored, and she is made a countess in her own right. With her husband gone, she is once again on the rise in the world of power and intrigue. But power is fleeting and wealth counts for nothing. As the court of Henry VIII begins to turn on each other for suspicion and the nobleman begin to enter the Tower, there are fears over the safety of the Lady Mary. As the world shifts underneath them and the scenes change, no one can be sure that they will be safe. Family or not, the world of Henry VIII is what he makes it and wants it to be....

A ghost from the past comes back to retell her story..

This was a great read. I enjoyed every minute of it. Margaret Pole is one that has not been written on much. Her story is one of pain and loss, but fortune's wheel must make its full turn. At the age of 67, Margaret is sent to the executioners block. There was no trial, there was no evidence. She was killed for her family name, and the fear of a king. The fear that her family would rise up again and try to regain the throne of England. While she may have been lost to history for a short while, her story has once again come to light.