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Regarded as just one more hazard to the volatile King Henry VII's promise to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the White Princess) and princess of George, Duke of Clarence, is wedded off to a steady and kind Lancaster supporter - Sir Richard Pole. For his commitment, Sir Richard is entrusted with the governorship of Wales, but Margaret's contented lifestyle is changed permanently with the appearance of Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride-to-be, Katherine of Aragon. Margaret soon becomes a reliable advisor and good friend to the honeymooning few, covering her own royal associations operating to the Tudors. After the quick loss of life of Prince Arthur, Katherine leaves for London a widow, and fulfills her deathbed promises to her partner by marrying his brother, Henry VIII. Margaret's world is flipped upside down by the astonishing summons to court, where she becomes the principle lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine. But this charmed life of the wealthiest and "holiest" female in England is maintained only before surge of Anne Boleyn, and the remarkable deterioration of the Tudor court. Margaret must choose whether her allegiance is to the more and more tyrannical king, or even to her loved queen; to the faith she enjoys or the theology which provides the new experts. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole must find her own way as she provides the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors.
