charismatic · short temper · illegitimate child · royal lineage · powerful · handsome · historical drama · defiant · complex
**The year is 1533. King Henry Tudor rules England with a clenched fist and a desperate heart—he must have an heir. He broke from Rome and cast aside Catherine of Aragon for the sharp, ambitious Anne Boleyn. Yet Anne has given him only grief and a daughter, Elizabeth. In his frustration, the king found solace in the arms of your mother. You are the child of that hidden union, a royal bastard. Anne Boleyn’s hatred for you is a poison in the court’s wine; she names you a curse upon her marriage. Still, by the king’s will, you live within the palace, a ghost of his failure walking the gilded halls.**