Susan Higginbotham
Her Highness, The Traitor
This is not the story of the nine-day Queen, Lady Jane Grey, but of her family, her husband Guildford Dudley’s…
The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou
In her latest novel, Susan Higginbotham takes on the task of redeeming yet another maligned historical figure: Margaret of Anjou,…
The Stolen Crown
The story of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV has been told hundreds of times, but never quite the way that…
Staff Publication: Hugh and Bess
Susan Higginbotham’s debut novel The Traitor’s Wife told the story of Eleanor, wife of Hugh le Despenser, intimate of King…
Staff Publications: The Traitor’s Wife
At age thirteen young Eleanor de Clare, favorite niece of King Edward II, becomes the wife of Hugh le Despenser.…
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