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Six Wild Crowns

Queens of Elben (Book 1)

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What to expect

'AN INTRICATE, POWERFUL AND UTTERLY SPECTACULAR BOOK' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen

Six Wild Crowns is the fiercely powerful Sunday Times bestselling fantasy - a tale of resistance, rebellion and female rage - perfect for fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree and House of the Dragon.

'Stunning and addictive' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'The climax of the book is show-stopping' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Captivating and clever. . . give me book two!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

NO KING CAN RULE THEM

The king has been appointed by god to marry six queens. Those six queens are all that stand between the kingdom of Elben and ruin. Or so we have been told.

Each queen vies for attention. Clever, ambitious Boleyn is determined to be Henry's favourite. And if she must incite a war to win Henry over? So be it.

Seymour acts as spy and assassin in a court teeming with dragons, backstabbing courtiers and strange magic. But when she and Boleyn become the unlikeliest of things - allies - the balance of power begins to shift. Together they will discover an ancient, rotting magic at Elben's heart. A magic that their king will do anything to protect.

Praise for Six Wild Crowns:

'A glittering, magnificent epic, dripping with menace and brimming with female empowerment. Absolutely incredible' Francesca May, author of Wild and Wicked Things

'A ferocious tale of female rage and the strength of sisterhood, Six Wild Crowns is an inventive and fantastical reimagining of Henry VIII's queens - and their fight to reclaim the power stolen from them' S.A. MacLean, author of The Phoenix Keeper

'A beautifully written tale of resistance, rebellion, and sisterhood, with an ending that will leave you heartbroken and breathless for more' M. H. Ayinde, author of A Song of Legends Lost

'Six Wild Crowns is a beautiful feminist epic, a luscious and luminous read' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne

'Enchanting and brutal. Holly Race's prose, like her queens, sizzles with power and purpose' Frances White, author of Voyage of the Damned

'Fiercely imaginative and beautifully written' Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters

'Six Wild Crowns is a blade sheathed in silk: slick, sensuous, yet sharp enough to cut' Lyra Selene, author of A Feather So Black

'Bewitching, furious, and sharp, this is a Tudor reimagining helmed by unforgettable heroines' Kritika H. Rao, author of The Surviving Sky

'Dragons and deceit and love and magic . . . this is a truly dazzling novel' Natasha Bowen, author of Skin of the Sea

'Six Wild Crowns is sultry, sapphic, and seminal; an intoxicating blend of the historical and the magical that will earn itself a well-deserved place in the fantasy pantheon' Nicholas Pullen, author of The Black Hunger

'Six Wild Crowns is a thoroughly delectable fantasy that celebrates sisterhood and courageous truth while exposing the active maliciousness of patriarchy. . . an intricate, powerful and utterly spectacular book. No one is ready for it' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen

'Written in lush, compelling prose and set in a richly drawn world, this sexy, feminist re-imagining of the story of Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour is the romantasy book I've been waiting for' Katharine Corr, co-author of Daughter of Darkness

'Fierce and furious, this spectacular reclaiming holds a fantastical mirror up the six queens and shows that women are always stronger when united' Helen Corcoran, author of Queen of Coin and Whispers

'An intricate gem of a novel bursting with ancient magic and intrigue', Molly O'Neill, author of Greenteeth

Critics Review

Six Wild Crowns is a thoroughly delectable fantasy that celebrates sisterhood and courageous truth while exposing the active maliciousness of patriarchy. . . an intricate, powerful and utterly spectacular book. No one is ready for it
Written in lush, compelling prose and set in a richly drawn world, this sexy, feminist re-imagining of the story of Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour is the romantasy book I've been waiting for
An intricate gem of a novel bursting with ancient magic and intrigue
A ferocious tale of female rage and the strength of sisterhood, SIX WILD CROWNS is an inventive and fantastical reimagining of Henry VIII's queens - and their fight to reclaim the power stolen from them. Race weaves a rich tapestry of political maneuverings, where love must war against sovereignty, truth battles tradition, and two queens forge heart-wrenching solidarity as they riot against a world determined to hold them down
Six Wild Crowns is a beautiful feminist epic, a luscious and luminous read
A beautifully written tale of resistance, rebellion, and sisterhood, with an ending that will leave you heartbroken and breathless for more
A glittering, magnificent epic, dripping with menace and brimming with female empowerment. Absolutely incredible
Francesca May, author of Wild and Wicked Things
Six Wild Crowns is a blade sheathed in silk: slick, sensuous, yet sharp enough to cut
Lyra Selene, author of A Feather So Black
Six Wild Crowns is sultry, sapphic, and seminal; an intoxicating blend of the historical and the magical that will earn itself a well-deserved place in the fantasy pantheon
Nicholas Pullen, author of The Black Hunger
Six Wild Crowns will sink its teeth into your heart, and seduce you into a world of intriguing magic and riveting politics. Bewitching, furious, and sharp, this is a Tudor reimagining helmed by unforgettable heroines
Kritika H. Rao, author of The Surviving Sky
Enchanting and brutal. Holly Race's prose, like her queens, sizzles with power and purpose
Frances White, author of Voyage of the Damned
Fiercely imaginative and beautifully written
Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters
Fierce and furious, this spectacular reclaiming holds a fantastical mirror up the six queens and shows that women are always stronger when united
Helen Corcoran, author of Queen of Coin and Whispers
Dragons and deceit and love and magic . . . this is a truly dazzling novel
Natasha Bowen, author of Skin of the Sea
Author Holly Race
Narrator Holly Race, Olivia Dowd
Series Queens of Elben
Duration 14 hours and 16 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405564397
Format Audiobook
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Genre Historical fantasy
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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