Six Wild Crowns
THE TUDOR QUEENS AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE
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- Expected 10 Jun 2025
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- £11.99
Publisher Description
NO KING CAN RULE THEM.
THE TUDOR QUEENS AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE - DISCOVER YOUR NEW EPIC FANTASY OBSESSION.
The king has been appointed by god to marry six queens. Those six queens are all that stand between the kingdom of Elben and ruin. Or so we have been told.
Each queen vies for attention. Clever, ambitious Boleyn is determined to be Henry's favourite. And if she must incite a war to win Henry over? So be it.
Seymour acts as spy and assassin in a court teeming with dragons, backstabbing courtiers and strange magic. But when she and Boleyn become the unlikeliest of things - allies - the balance of power begins to shift. Together they will discover an ancient, rotting magic at Elben's heart. A magic that their king will do anything to protect.
A captivating epic fantasy filled with dragons, court politics and sapphic yearning, perfect for fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree and House of the Dragon.
Praise for Six Wild Crowns:
'A glittering, magnificent epic, dripping with menace and brimming with female empowerment. Absolutely incredible' Francesca May, author of Wild and Wicked Things
'A ferocious tale of female rage and the strength of sisterhood, Six Wild Crowns is an inventive and fantastical reimagining of Henry VIII's queens - and their fight to reclaim the power stolen from them' S.A. MacLean, author of The Phoenix Keeper
'A beautifully written tale of resistance, rebellion, and sisterhood, with an ending that will leave you heartbroken and breathless for more' M. H. Ayinde, author of A Song of Legends Lost
'Six Wild Crowns is a beautiful feminist epic, a luscious and luminous read' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne
'Enchanting and brutal. Holly Race's prose, like her queens, sizzles with power and purpose' Frances White, author of Voyage of the Damned
'Fiercely imaginative and beautifully written' Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters
'Six Wild Crowns is a blade sheathed in silk: slick, sensuous, yet sharp enough to cut' Lyra Selene, author of A Feather So Black
'Bewitching, furious, and sharp, this is a Tudor reimagining helmed by unforgettable heroines' Kritika H. Rao, author of The Surviving Sky
'Dragons and deceit and love and magic . . . this is a truly dazzling novel' Natasha Bowen, author of Skin of the Sea
'Six Wild Crowns is sultry, sapphic, and seminal; an intoxicating blend of the historical and the magical that will earn itself a well-deserved place in the fantasy pantheon' Nicholas Pullen, author of The Black Hunger
'Six Wild Crowns is a thoroughly delectable fantasy that celebrates sisterhood and courageous truth while exposing the active maliciousness of patriarchy. . . an intricate, powerful and utterly spectacular book. No one is ready for it' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen
'Written in lush, compelling prose and set in a richly drawn world, this sexy, feminist re-imagining of the story of Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour is the romantasy book I've been waiting for' Katharine Corr, co-author of Daughter of Darkness
'Fierce and furious, this spectacular reclaiming holds a fantastical mirror up the six queens and shows that women are always stronger when united' Helen Corcoran, author of Queen of Coin and Whispers
'An intricate gem of a novel bursting with ancient magic and intrigue', Molly O'Neill, author of Greenteeth
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This masterful fantasy of Tudor England, the adult debut from YA author Race (Midnight's Twins), offers the wronged wives of King Henry VIII a chance to coexist. The bordweal—a magical force field surrounding the island kingdom of Elben—only holds when there is a queen stationed in each of Elben's six castles. When callous Henry marries bold, brave, and clever Boleyn, she hopes that their marriage will be different from his others because of what she sees as their genuine love connection. After the wedding and coronation, determined to prove her worth, Boleyn sets out to strengthen the bordweal. Meanwhile Queen Aragon, who views Boleyn as a rival, gives Boleyn one of her lady's maids, Seymour, as a wedding present, secretly instructing Seymour to assassinate Boleyn. Unable to go through with it, Seymour falls into Boleyn's confidence instead. As sexual tension simmers between Seymour and Boleyn, they unravel the secrets of the king's magic and come to question everything they knew about their place in his kingdom. Race skillfully weaves real history and wholly original worldbuilding into an enthralling fantasy replete with magical power plays, political intrigue, and some dragons for good measure. Fans of feminist high fantasy such as The Priory of the Orange Tree won't want to miss this.
