暢銷歷史小說家Philippa Gregory一場精心演繹、驚心動魄的西方宮廷史詩鉅作
小說的背景是在15世紀的英格蘭，以強大財軍背景支持國王而聞名的「擁王者」渥維克伯爵Richard Neville，由於膝下無子，便處心積慮地安排兩個親生女兒來鞏固其政治地位。
小女兒Anne Neville原本個性開朗，但隨著伯爵父親與故友反目，甚至兵戎相見後，讓她整個人性格大變。尚未成年，維克伯爵便將她許配給亨利六世的獨子愛德華以加強聯盟關係。後來愛德華不幸戰死，她改嫁給當時的格洛斯特公爵。然而，這樣的決定卻讓她意外地將自己捲入宮廷政治風暴中，並且危及到她亟欲保護的家人們。
宮廷中的驚濤駭浪不斷襲來，「擁王者」的女兒最終能否完成父親的宏願，延續整個家族的榮耀？（文／博客來編譯）
The Kingmaker’s Daughter is the gripping story of the daughters of the man known as the ”Kingmaker,” Richard, Earl of Warwick: the most powerful magnate in fifteenth century England. Without a son and heir, he uses his two daughters as pawns in the political games and they grow up to be influential players in their own right. In this novel, her first sister story since The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory explores the lives of two fascinating young women.
At the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne grows from a delightful child to become ever more fearful and desperate when her father makes war on his former friends. Still only a girl she is married and then left widowed and fatherless, with her mother in sanctuary and her sister married to the enemy. She manages her own escape by marrying Richard, Duke of Gloucester, but her choice will set her on a collision course with the overwhelming power of the royal family, and will cost the lives of those she loves most in the world, including her precious only son, Prince Edward. Ultimately, the kingmaker’s daughter will achieve her father’s greatest ambition.
