Author: Gregory, Philippa

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 7 October 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 496 pages
162 x 243 x 44 | 738g

*Special Collector’s Edition available to the first UK print run only! Revealing a beautiful full-colour board design with foil detailing beneath the dust jacket. Available while stocks last.*

She ?survives four queens. Will she fall to a tyrant?

Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court. Where nothing is more powerful than a secret or more deadly.

As the Boleyns rise, Jane rises with them. But the king’s love is a fickle thing. And when the royal gaze turns elsewhere, Jane uses the only weapon she has: her voice.

To survive in this dazzling, dangerous world she has mastered many masks: loving wife, devoted sister, and obedient spy. Now she must step out of the shadows.

She might outlive her rivals. She might know the court’s darkest secrets. But power rests on the edge of a tyrant king’s sword. Where will it fall next?

Philippa Gregory brings the Boleyn traitor into the light in an explosive story of one woman’s survival in the treacherous heart of the Tudor court.

Beautifully written, meticulously researched utterly compelling and unputdownable’ SANTA MONTEFIORE

A stunning tour de force: compelling, thrilling, mesmerising, completely engrossing’ BARBARA ERSKINE

An enthralling historical thriller and a mirror on contemporary politics rich and compelling’ C J COOKE

A propulsive, emotional, thrill ride through the Tudor court’ LUCY CLARKE

‘A thrilling story about ambition, power struggles and dark side of the Tudor court’ ADELE PARKS

‘[A] tense portrait of survival under a king whose love can mean death’ i paper

‘As perilous as it is thrilling’ Mail on Sunday

‘Gregory masterfully explores Jane’s guilt, ambition and survival [] you can feel the power, danger and allure of the Tudor dynasty on every page’ Woman & Home

An immersive visit to the Court of Henry VIII with its magnificence and machinations, its pageantry and plotting’ Saga

‘Gregory’s research is impeccable, but she wears it lightly when transporting you to the Tudor court in all its pomp, glory [and] drama’ High Life

Written with the world of modern politics in mind, where decisions and policy can spin on a whim, and bursting with [] intrigue, subterfuge, and authentic period detail’ Northern Echo

?Book 10 in the Tudor and Plantagenet Novels series