Game of Queens

Sarah Gristwood is the author of four previous books of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century history: the Sunday Times bestseller Arbella: England¿s Lost Queen; Elizabeth & Leicester; Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses; and the widely-translated Game of Queens. A former journalist, contributing to papers such as the Guardian and the Telegraph, she has also written a number of books on twentieth-century subjects. She features frequently at history festivals, and on radio and television discussing the past and present of Britain¿s monarchy. @sarahgristwood

"Densely packed with fascinating material, this immensely ambitious undertaking succeeds triumphantly."
—Literary Review(UK)
"Afascinating work of world and women's history."—Booklist
"Gristwood'sfresh take on a well-documented period and the achievements, failures, andrelationships of some of Europe's most powerful players is intriguing,cohesive, and accessible."—Publishers Weekly
"[Gameof Queens] casts a well-researched time period in an intriguinglight.... Readers of popular history, especially of Tudor England, and ofwomen's history will find much to enjoy."—Library Journal
"Sarah Gristwood handlesmultiple narrative strands with tremendous finesse, dexterously synthesizingthe stories of women who, in many cases, never met but whose lives intertwinedin manifold ways."—Literary Review(UK)
"Gameof Queensisa magnificent exploration of a most remarkable group--the women who ruledsixteenth century Europe. Sarah Gristwood gives us impeccable research,incisive attention to detail, and exquisite writing as she investigates thesetruly fascinating women and their lives of courage, tribulation, anddetermination. Absolutely unputdownable."—Kate Williams, author ofEngland's Mistress
"Sarah Gristwood's study of the brilliant, beleaguered,and often bloody difficult women who kept Europe going in the sixteenth centuryis compelling, clear-eyed, beautifully rendered, and never-more-timely."—Jessie Childs, author ofGod's Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England
"Inher elegant and engaging style, she combines incisive detail with over-archingand eye-opening themes of queenship and the role of women in a male-dominatedworld. This book is a wonderful, timely contribution to our understanding ofthe period, and a pacy and illuminating good read."—Alison Weir, author ofThe Lost Tudor Princess