The Importance of Pawns, Keira Morgan
The Importance of Pawns, Keira Morgan
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The Importance of Pawns
Chronicles of the House of Valois

Author: Keira Morgan

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/08/2022

Synopsis

Claude is queen in name only. Can she outwit her rival, win her husband to her side, save her sister, and assert her power? . . .

Danger lurks beneath the glitter of the sixteenth century French court. The queen lies dying; the king has but months to live. Their two daughters, Claude and young Renée are heiresses to the rich duchy of Brittany. Countess Louise, their guardian, schemes to steal their inheritance.

For years she has envied the dying Queen Anne, the girls' mother. She plots to marry wealthy Claude to her son. Her unexpected guardianship presents a golden opportunity, but only if she can remove their protectress Baronne Michelle, who loves the princesses and safeguards their interests.

As political tensions rise, the futures of Princess Renée and the Baronne hang in the balance, threatened by Countess Louise's designs. Will timid Claude untangle the treacherous intrigues Countess Louise is weaving? Can she outflank the wily countess to protect young Princess Renée? And can she find the courage to defend those she loves?

About Keira Morgan

Keira Morgan writes fiction set in the French renaissance. She studied Renaissance and Reformation history in university kept up this interest through out her management career in the Canadian Public Service. After leaving the government, she went to Mexico where she is living her dream of writing and publishing her fiction. The Importance of Pawns is her first published novel. She also writes nonfiction about French Renaissance women at keiramorgan.com.

She love reading, swimming, gardening, cooking, travelling, research, and cats as well as writing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on April 09, 2021

I've long strayed from my historical fiction fandom, spending so much time away that I felt sheepish upon picking up this book and expecting to feel the same rush I get from poring over a Philippa Gregory novel. In reading this book, it was very different, but in a good way. Where I lived and breath......more

Goodreads review by Moniek on May 08, 2021

The Importance of Pawns by Keira Morgan begins as Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of France, lays dying. After two marriages to Kings of France and many lost children, she'll leave behind two young daughters. Her daughters will be unable to inherit the throne of France, which operate......more

Goodreads review by Mercedes on May 03, 2021

Francis I is one of those kings that fascinates, even though he is not the nicest guy around—much like his fellow king Henry VIII. This story begins early on, even before Francis is crowned. The old and decrepit Louis XII has just lost his wife and desires another since he is childless and doesn’t p......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on April 05, 2021

I liked this book a lot. Kiera Morgan’s story telling technique keeps us interested, her very thorough research and notes keeps us informed, her sensitivity to character keeps us curious,and the care taken of detail plunges us into the opulence, the pageantry and the complexity of an era in France a......more

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