The First Princess of Wales The First Princess of Wales

The First Princess of Wales

A Novel

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Publisher Description

The daughter of a disgraced earl, she matched wits with a prince.

It is the fourteenth century, the height of the Medieval Age, and at the court of King Edward III of England, chivalry is loudly praised while treachery runs rampant. When the lovely and high-spirited Joan of Kent is sent to this politically charged court, she is woefully unprepared for the underhanded maneuverings of her peers.

Determined to increase the breadth of his rule, the king will use any means necessary to gain control of France—including manipulating his own son, Edward, Prince of Wales. Joan plots to become involved with the prince to scandalize the royal family, for she has learned they engineered her father’s downfall and death. But what begins as a calculated strategy soon—to Joan’s surprise—grows into love. When Joan learns that Edward returns her feelings, she is soon fighting her own, for how can she love the man that ruined her family? And, if she does, what will be the cost?

Filled with scandal, court intrigue, and prominent figures of the Medieval Age, The First Princess of Wales has at its center a wonderful love story, which is all the more remarkable because it is true. Karen Harper’s compelling, fast-paced novel tells the riveting tale of an innocent girl who marries a prince and gives birth to a king.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2006
December 26
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
624
Pages
PUBLISHER
Crown
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
4.9
MB

Customer Reviews

ekirkdesign ,

A nice distraction

As historical fiction goes, it's somewhere between Boleyn Girl and a harlequin romance. Basically Joan is constantly being ravaged by the impossibly handsome Prince Edward and it's a tiny bit irritating. It's just a bit melodramatic. But it's very, very pretty! Definitely a lovely distraction.

Gramafkof7 ,

Boring

I read a lot of English history but this book rate’s among the highest most boring redundant books of fictional history I have ever read! I read it to the end (well because I paid for it (otherwise I wouldn’t have) from the onset you can tell it is “typical” non-historical romantic novel speculation (which is boring). Skip this one your not missing anything.

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