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Dark Queen Rising

by Paul Doherty Book 1 in the Margaret Beaufort Mysteries series.

First published 2018

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In 1471, Edward IV has regained the English throne and the Lancastrian cause appears close to destruction. Margaret Beaufort, mother of the young Henry Tudor, is politically vulnerable in a Yorkist London where any accusation against her could become grounds for imprisonment or worse.

When four bodies are discovered in a tavern and suspicion points toward Margaret, her clerk Christopher Urswick must prove that the evidence has been constructed to implicate her. The murder investigation unfolds amid the aftermath of dynastic war, where legal inquiry cannot be separated from political allegiance and where solving the crime may also determine whether Margaret survives the Yorkist victory.

Historical Periods

Battle of Tewkesbury1471 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction Crime & Mystery

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Margaret Beaufort1443–1509

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