The Last Daughter of York, Nicola Cornick
The Last Daughter of York, Nicola Cornick
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The Last Daughter of York

Author: Nicola Cornick

Narrator: Sofia Engstrand

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/16/2021


Synopsis

“An engaging, fast-paced read for fans of Philippa Gregory and of dual-timeline historical fiction." —Library Journal

In the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard III’s Lord Chamberlain and confidant, but the threat of Henry Tudor’s rebels has the king entrusting to Francis and his wife, Anne, his most crucial mission: protecting the young Richard of York, his brother’s surviving son and a threat to Henry’s claims to the throne.

Two years later, Richard III is dead, and Anne hides the young prince of York while Francis is hunted by agents of the new king, Henry VII. Running out of options to keep her husband and the boy safe, Anne uses the power of an ancient family relic to send them away, knowing that in doing so she will never see Francis again.

In the present day, Serena Warren has been haunted by her past ever since her twin sister, Caitlin, disappeared. But when Caitlin’s bones are discovered interred in a church vault that hasn’t been opened since the eighteenth century, the police are baffled. Piecing together local folklore that speaks of a magical relic with her own hazy memories of the day Caitlin vanished, Serena begins to uncover an impossible secret that her grandfather has kept hidden, one that connects her to Anne, Francis and the young Duke of York.

Inspired by the enduring mystery of the Princes in the Tower, Nicola Cornick cleverly interprets the events into a dazzling novel set between a present-day mystery and a country on the brink of Tudor rule.
 

About Nicola Cornick

USA Today bestselling author Nicola Cornick has written over thirty historical romances for Harlequin and HQN Books. She has been nominated twice for a RWA RITA Award and twice for the UK RNA Award. She works as a historian and guide in a seventeenth century house. In 2006 she was awarded a Masters degree with distinction from Ruskin College, Oxford, where she wrote her dissertation on heroes.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on March 05, 2022

On and off throughout the years, I've sampled a few Nicola Cornick novels. I enjoy them, but they're the kind of tales I find intriguing perhaps once a year... given their combination of historical and contemporary fiction, plus a little fantasy or super-natural elements. I've always been a major re......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on December 05, 2021

This is a dual timeline book. In the modern day story, a woman has just returned to England because her sister's body had been found. She had disapeared a decade ago. The strange thing is that she was found in a tomb that looked undisturbed for over 200 years. In the other story the protagonist is An......more

Goodreads review by Amy on October 29, 2024

I really hate to write negatively about someone's book that they worked so hard on and believed in. Perhaps this just wasn't my cup of tea. I found this one incredibly disappointing. It had all the earmarks for me. Time Travel, Tudor Plantagenet Court, Historical Mystery, even twins. I really loved......more

Goodreads review by Louise on July 08, 2021

3.5 stars rounded up to 4 Ever since her sister disappeared eleven years ago, Serena Warren has been running from a ghost, haunted by what she can't remember that night. When Catlin's body is discovered, Serena returns to her grandfathers house, nestled by the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordsh......more

Goodreads review by Cait on July 20, 2023

There was much that kept me reading The Last Daughter by Nicola York. I liked her descriptions, especially of the landscape and of weather. I appreciated how she teased out the mysteries: enough so that I was never quite confident I knew the answers until the end. However, I can't overlook the issue......more