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Carol McGrath

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Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall. Katherine by Anya Seton

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My first degree is in History and English from Queens University Belfast. I have a postgraduate MA in writing from Queens University and an Mphil in writing from The Royal Holloway ,University of London. My debut novel The Handfasted Wife is the first in a Trilogy The Daughters of Hastings. The first is the story of 1066 and its aftermath from the perspective of the noble women. The Swan-Daughter and The Betrothed Sister have followed. All have been best sellers. My new novel The Woman in the Shadows tells the tale of Thomas and Elizabeth Cromwell and is the story of an early Tudor marriage. I am now working on a medieval trilogy about 'she wolf' queens.

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	The Handfasted Wife (Daughters of Hastings, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 1,884 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Betrothed Sister (Daughters of Hastings #3) 3.99 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Swan-Daughter (Daughters of Hastings, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman in the Shadows 4.09 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughters of Hastings Trilogy Series Collection 3 Books Bundles By Carol McGrath - The Swan-Daughter,The Betrothed Sister,The Handfasted Wife 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors (CC&K #1) by Debra Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M.M. Bennetts (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Maggi Andersen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1066 Turned Upside Down by Joanna Courtney (Goodreads Author), Helen Hollick (Goodreads Author) , Annie Whitehead 3.91 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors (CC&K #2) by Debra Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sue Millard (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Mary F. Burns (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	P. EWE Talk...Five Rows Back and Three Seats In (Journey With Us Book 1) by Deacon Dan McGrath, Carol McGrath (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Wolf Hall lies on the edge of The Savernake Forest and was the familial home of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife. This location does not actually enter into my novel The Woman in the Shadows. My novel is about Elizabeth, Thomas Cromwell's wife and it, in fact, ends in 1528 before Cromwell becomes a courtier. None the less, The Woman in the Shadows explores Cromwell's early career and his m... Read more of this blog post »

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