Laura Dowers: 5 books

Related by blood. Divided by love. Lettice Knollys is remembered in history as 'the other woman’. Widowed when still young, Lettice must raise four children alone in an age when a woman always needs a man to provide for her. Which isn’t a problem for Lettice. Lettice is a...

How does a butcher's son become the closest servant of a king? England, 1496. The Battle of Bosworth is over. King Richard III is dead, Henry Tudor wears the crown and England is about to be changed forever. If a man has brains and ambition, then he can rise to the very top. Fortunately...

His hand stayed, Robert found his voice and it trembled with fury. 'I will not endure this insult. I would not have taken it from your father. I'll be damned if I'll take it from you.' The Spanish Armada has been defeated. All of England is celebrating - except its queen. Elizabeth Tudor...

Elizabeth rose from her stool and stood, swaying for a moment, glaring at me. Then I saw her arm rise and I blinked. Something flew through the air and struck me on the forehead. I staggered backwards, my hand automatically rising to touch my brow. I saw black spots before my eyes. I looked down at...

EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS 1930s London Danny Beck is a scoundrel, a cheat, a liar and a thief. In and out of trouble since a boy, Danny has seen it all, knows it all and can handle anyone and anything. At least, that's what he thinks. But that belief is about to be sorely...