The Tudor Prophecy is set in 1541, when Henry VIII, increasingly decrepit and paranoid, reigns from a contested throne. In parallel storylines it follows two young women, Lady Alice Grantmire and Hester Vaughn, cousins who each suffer greatly from the King's unjust decrees. Hester, betrothed to a Welsh bard whose mentor had visions foretelling Elizabeth's ascendancy, encounters the eight-year-old Lady Elizabeth, and the two forge a relationship whereby Hester can persuade the future queen to temper her own rule with mercy. It's an epic tale; a Game of Thrones meets Little Women. Readers of those books will enjoy The Tudor Prophecy, as would anyone who loved the Wolf Hall trilogy by Booker-Prize winner Hilary Mantel.
