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The Silken Rose

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by Carol McGrath


  Finally, where there is historical fact, I have used it as a framework for this novel. However, as I am writing historical fiction I invent as well, fill in the white spaces, and hopefully animate historical personalities. Thank you for reading The Silken Rose. Without readers, this historical novel would never see the light of day. I thoroughly enjoyed my time living with my characters, real and invented, and enthusiastically researching and writing about their lives, both real and imagined. I hope you have enjoyed reading their stories.

  If you are interested in further reading here are a few titles I recommend:

  The Illustrated Chronicles of Matthew Paris, translated, edited and with an introduction by Richard Vaughan, Alan Sutton Publishing.

  Henry III, The Great King England Never Knew it Had, Darren Baker, The History Press

  Eleanor of Provence, Margaret Howell, Blackwell Publishers

  Henry III, Matthew Lewis, Amberley Press

  Four Queens, Nancy Goldstone, Phoenix Press

  The Subversive Stitch, Rozsika Parker, I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd.

  Taste, Kate Colquhoun, Bloomsbury

  Many, many other books and chronicles informed this story. However, in particular I enjoyed the above, especially Taste as I love recipes and information about cooking in the past.

  www.carolmcgrath.co.uk

  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Table of Contents

  About Carol McGrath

  Praise for Carol McGrath

  Also by Carol McGrath

  About the Book

  Dedication

  Acknowledgements

  The Family Tree

  Les Heures Bénédictines

  Arthur and Guinevere

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Author’s Note

 

 

 


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