Julia Cadwell

Julia Cadwell

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Julia Cadwell grew up an only child in an adult world. An avidreader from an early age, by the time she was 12 years old she haddeveloped an urgent need  to write and would shut herself in herbedroom for hours armed with pencil and paper, scribbling out childishmurder mysteries.  

Despite winning awriting competition at age 14, and being invited to join a Writer’sClub on reaching 18, writing was only a hobby for her – her realambition being to ‘tread-the-boards’. Sadly this only progressed as faras performing in local Amateur Dramatics.

Afterleaving University she began training to become a buyer in a FashionHouse in London, this was short-lived due to her marrying and returningto her roots to begin married life. She only began writing seriously afew years ago.  This is her first published novel.

A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

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<p>Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</p>

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