The Uncrowned Queen

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“Filled with the sights, sounds, scents and passions of the era… a sumptuous banquet.”

—Romantic Times on The Exiled

The thrilling climax to the trilogy that began with
The Innocent
and
The Exiled
brings Posie Graeme-Evans's bittersweet story of two lovers divided by the throne of England to its dramatic conclusion. As England tears itself apart in the War of the Roses, Anne de Bohun lives far from the intrigues of cities and courts. Once King Edward IV's mistress, Anne has found safety with their son in Brugge. But now Edward himself is a hunted fugitive, and Anne's real father, King Henry VI, rules again from Westminster. Summoned by an enigmatic message from her lover, Anne is drawn once more to the passion, the excitement, and the deadly danger that Edward brings into her life. But now the girl who was once a penniless servant has a child to protect and an inheritance to defend. Can she let her love for Edward threaten everything she has? Or will she need his help to protect her from the powerful enemy who means to destroy her?

Boasting an extraordinary heroine and intense, intersecting plots,
The Uncrowned Queen
is a dazzling and satisfying finale to Anne de Bohun's incredible story.

POSIE GRAEME-EVANS
has worked in the Australian film and television industry for the last twenty-five years as an editor, director, and producer on hundreds of prime-time television programs, including
McLeod's Daughters
and
Hi-5
. She lives in Sydney with her husband and creative partner, Andrew Blaxland. Visit her website at
www.posiegraemeevans.com
.

Cover design by Min Choi
Cover photograph by Jeff Cottenden
Author photograph by Nine NetWork, Australia

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THE
UNCROWNED
QUEEN

A
LSO BY
P
OSIE
G
RAEME
-E
VANS

The Innocent

The Exiled

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2005 by Millennium Picture Pty Limited and Posie Graeme-Evans

Originally published as
The Beloved
in Australia in 2005 by Simon & Schuster (Australia) Pty Limited

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-4374-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-41653-432-7 (eBook)

First Atria Books trade paperback edition June 2006

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For my daughter, Emma MacKellar
,
with all my love
.
When you were born I glimpsed
the meaning of existence
.
I am so lucky to be part of your life
.

Contents

Prologue

PART ONE: The Shadow

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

PART TWO: The Turning

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

PART THREE: The Return

Chapter Forty-Eight

Chapter Forty-Nine

Chapter Fifty

Chapter Fifty-One

Chapter Fifty-Two

Chapter Fifty-Three

Chapter Fifty-Four

Chapter Fifty-Five

Chapter Fifty-Six

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Chapter Fifty-Eight

Chapter Fifty-Nine

Chapter Sixty

Chapter Sixty-One

Chapter Sixty-Two

Chapter Sixty-Three

Chapter Sixty-Four

Chapter Sixty-Five

Chapter Sixty-Six

Chapter Sixty-Seven

Chapter Sixty-Eight

Chapter Sixty-Nine

Chapter Seventy

Chapter Seventy-One

Chapter Seventy-Two

Chapter Seventy-Three

Chapter Seventy-Four

Chapter Seventy-Five

Chapter Seventy-Six

Chapter Seventy-Seven

Chapter Seventy-Eight

Chapter Seventy-Nine

Chapter Eighty

Chapter Eighty-One

Chapter Eighty-Two

Chapter Eighty-Three

Chapter Eighty-Four

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About Posie Graeme-Evans

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THE
UNCROWNED
QUEEN

PROLOGUE

There were eagles in the sky over London. Sea eagles, a pair of them. They rode the smoky air slowly, spiraling upward on the heat from the early cooking fires—he with her, she above him. The king of birds, the queen of birds.

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