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The Tapestry

A Novel

by Nancy Bilyeau
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The next page-turner in the award-winning Joanna Stafford series takes place in the heart of the Tudor court, as she risks everything to defy the most powerful men of her era.
Henry VIII's Palace of Whitehall is the last place on earth Joanna Stafford wants to be. But a summons from the king cannot be refused.

After her priory was destroyed, Joanna, a young Dominican novice, vowed to live a quiet life, weaving tapestries and shunning dangerous conspiracies. That all changes when the king takes an interest in her tapestry talent.

With a ruthless monarch tiring of his fourth wife and amoral noblemen driven by hidden agendas, Joanna becomes entangled in Tudor court politics. Her close friend, Catherine Howard. is rumored to be the king's mistress, and Joanna is determined to protect her from becoming the king's next wife—and victim. All the while, Joanna tries to understand her feelings for the two men in her life: the constable who tried to save her and the friar she can't forget.

In a world of royal banquets, jousts, sea voyages and Tower Hill executions, Joanna must finally choose her future: nun or wife, spy or subject, rebel or courtier.

The Tapestry is the final book in a Tudor trilogy that began in 2012 with The Crown, an Oprah magazine pick. Don't miss the adventures of one of the most unforgettable heroines in historical fiction.

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    March 24, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781476756394

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2015

      In this third series installment (The Crown; The Chalice), former Dominican novice Joanna Stafford is called to King Henry VIII's court owing to her tapestry-weaving skills. When she arrives at court, however, Joanna discovers that her weaving does not seem to be foremost on everyone's mind: seemingly everywhere she turns, someone is trying to kill her. Not even those sworn to protect her know whether it's the king who is after her blood. VERDICT The problem with this historical is that there's just too much: too much travel, too much description, too many people willing to talk to someone who is, in fact, a nobody in a 16th-century royal court. That doesn't make it less entertaining, just a bit of a quagmire to muddle through, and a novel that also leaves the reader thinking: "Why is everyone willing to talk to this person?" Still, fans of this period of English history and readers who enjoyed the first two books might consider this title.--Audrey Jones, Washington, DC

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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