Caroline's Books
These are my books about the women who inhabit my family tree - I hope you will enjoy them. As you follow their lives down the years you will discover the stories are linked, each woman being the mother or mother-in-law of the one who comes after. You can follow the narrators as they navigate the complexities of a world very different from our own. You will meet husbands and lovers, enemies and friends and by the end of each book you will meet the child who will carry the story forward to the next generation.
The books are all available in paperback direct from me using your credit card or from your favourite online ordering platform or your local bookshop. Recent books are also available from my publishers Matador. Most of the books are available as e-books from your favourite e-book platform. If you have difficulty finding a particular book please email me at caroline@carolinenewark.com and I shall endeavour to sort out the problem.
The Pearl of France
Marguerite 1299
Overview
Nineteen years old, married to her brother's enemy, an old man she never met until her wedding day - and all in the name of peace.
The Queen's Spy
Margaret 1325
Overview
A deceit is forged in the fire of treason and betrayal, but no-one can be trusted and love is no protection from the sins of the past.
The Fair Maid of Kent
Joan 1340
Overview
An enduring love in a dangerous world where a man may not be all he seems and your most powerful enemy is the one you cannot see.
An Illegitimate Affair
Alys 1374
Overview
The prince is dying, the king is in his dotage and vultures are circling the throne. The heir is not the powerful duke of Lancaster but seven-year-old Richard, half-brother to Alys's husband, Thomas Holand.
The Epiphany Betrayal
Nell 1397
Overview
Richard II's reign has descended into a nightmare world of execution, banishment and murder. Only those whom the king loves are safe and much of his fury is directed at the family of Nell Holand's mother.
The Making of a Tudor
Alice 1421
Overview
Henry V, victor of Agincourt is now heir to the kingdom of France but in England, trouble is brewing. The Earl of Salisbury is to remarry and his only child, a daughter, Alice, is panic-stricken.
Fire and Fleet and Candlelight
Kathryn 1453
Overview
Kathryn Nevill, young daughter of the Earl and Countess of Salisbury, imagines she is safe. But this is a country in turmoil with a weak and unstable king surrounded by men hungry for power.
The Woodville Conspiracy
Cecily 1474
Overview
Cecily, Lady Harington, comes to the court of Edward IV to marry the queen's eldest son. She has high expectations, but Thomas Grey is no prince.