The King's Women

France in the Middle Ages, is a country driven by power struggles and menaced by the might of England’s King Henry V. At the country’s head stood a frightened youth, the Dauphin Charles, who is destined to become the most victorious king of all – the one who will drive the English from French soil. The epic story of the great King Charles VII of France and the women who inspired and loved him, is vividly recreated in this spellbinding novel. Taking her impeccable research and adding to it her trademark vibrancy, Deryn Lake weaves an exciting tale of intrigue, lust, power and mystery as she takes the reader to the famous French court at the time of Agnes Sorel, Nicolas Flamel, Joan of Arc and the Knights Templar.