âMy name is Mary Seymour and I am the daughter of one queen and the niece of another.â
Browsing antiques shops in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait â supposedly of Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better⊠The woman is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 as an unwanted orphan and presumed dead after going missing as a child.
The painting is more than just a beautiful object from Alisonâs past â it holds the key to her future, unlocking the mystery surrounding Maryâs disappearance, and the enigma of Alisonâs son.
But Alisonâs quest soon takes a dark and foreboding turn, as a meeting place called the Phantom Tree harbours secrets in its shadowsâŠ
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âAlluring and hypnotising⊠I was hooked from page one.â
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âA fabulous read. I was completely enthralled, and kept guessing throughout.â
âThere is much to enjoy in a sumptuous novel that slips between present day and 1557.âSunday Mirror