1513. A secret Twelfth Night wedding is about to take place
on Saint Michael’s Mount, at the furthermost point of Tudor Cornwall. Far from
the glittering Christmas court at Greenwich. Heads will surely roll if Henry
VIII discovers the deception!
But there is an unexpected twist to the tale when uninvited guests appear at the Castle. The King is hellbent on a so-called holy war with France, against the advice of his Lord Treasurer, Thomas Howard. Putting him at odds with his normally affable Scottish brother-in-law, James IV of Scotland.
On the other hand, the King’s almoner, Thomas Wolsey, (who has become a thorn in Thomas’s side) is very much in favour of the war as he contentedly watches his star rising at the Tudor court.
Across the Narrow Sea, Louis XII of France is trying to renew the ‘Auld Alliance’ with Scotland. Tristan and Nicolas remain at loggerheads over pretty Ysabeau, the flirtatious young wife of their ageing neighbour. Valentine is still making mischief as she sees fit, particularly for Tristan.
Cecily is perfectly content in her beloved Zennor Castle in Cornwall. But none of them know what Dame Fortune has in store for them. Will she allow them to follow their own paths...or does she have other ideas? Laughter and tears galore! All this and much more in further adventures at The House of the Red Duke…
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