Legacy of Kings

by Mette Holm Book 5 in the The Mowbray Chronicles series.

First published 2024

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Henry IV’s hold on the English crown is weakened by rebellion, poor harvests and the political debts created by usurpation. Argyle Mowbray’s own concealed history leaves him vulnerable to the new regime. To prevent disclosure, he accepts a bargain that sends him away from England and into the court of Eric of Pomerania and his formidable adoptive mother, Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian union.

The Danish court offers distance but not safety. Argyle enters another political culture in which kinship, inheritance and royal image are managed with the same ruthlessness he knew in England. When unfinished business follows him north, he undertakes a final attempt to repair the damage created by earlier bargains and protect the next generation of Mowbrays. The novel expands the family saga beyond England while examining the unstable legitimacy of newly established kings.