“Did I not bring this great king forth from my body? Did he not bid me keep his kingdom?”

Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – eighteen years old and unstoppable. Cecily, having piloted her family’s rise to power, stands beside him as England’s first King’s Mother.

But to win a throne is not to keep it, and war is come again. As brother betrays brother, and trusted cousins turn treacherous, other mothers rise up to fight for their sons.  Cecily must focus her will to defeat every challenge. Wherever they come from. Whatever the cost.

For there can only be one King. Only one King’s Mother.

From the Wars of the Roses to the dawn of the Tudor age, this is a story of mothers and sons; of maternal ferocity and female ambition – of all they can build and all they can destroy.

The King’s Mother was published by Viking (Penguin Random House) in July 2024 and immediately named ‘Book of the Month’ by The Times.