The Queen's Secret — Jean Plaidy

PRINCESS KATHERINE'S WEDDING TO THE KING OF ENGLAND WAS A STORYBOOK ROMANCE COME TRUE.

After a miserable childhood, Princess Katherine of France was enchanted to find herself married to the handsome young King of England, Henry V. But England's troubles with France were far from over, and soon her warrior husband lay dead and her beloved small son, Henry VI, was taken from her to be raised by others. Young Queen Katherine languished in loneliness until Owen Tudor, a Welsh knight in her service, offered her a dangerous secret love that some would call treason.

Told by Queen Katherine herself, THE QUEEN'S SECRET is the true story of a turning point in history, in which Katherine's illicit affair and the inspired leadership of Joan The Maid, later to be called St. Joan, were destined to play no small part.

As always, Jean Plaidy is faithful to fact. This tender love story is also a stirring account of the struggles between England and France in the late Middle Ages, a prelude to the glorious age of the Tudors.