{"title":"Janet Wertman","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"jane-the-quene-book-janet-wertman-9780997133813","title":"Jane the Quene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the Best Books of 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e - Open Letters Monthly; \u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, 2016 Novel of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e - Underground Book Reviews; \u003cstrong\u003eSemi-Finalist - 2017 M.M. Bennetts Award\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Jane Seymour wants is a husband; but when she catches the eye of a volatile king, she is pulled deep into the Tudor court's realm of plot and intrigue.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland. 1535. Jane Seymour is 27 years old and increasingly desperate to marry and secure her place in the world. When the court visits Wolf Hall, the Seymour ancestral manor, Jane has the perfect opportunity to shine: her diligence, efficiency, and newfound poise are sure to finally attract a suitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, King Henry VI is 45 and increasingly desperate for an heir. He changed his country's religion to leave his first wife, a princess of Spain, for Anne Boleyn -- but she too has failed to provide a son. As Henry begins to fear he is cursed, Jane Seymour's honesty and innocence conjure in him the hope of redemption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Cromwell, an ambitious clerk whose political prowess keeps the King's changing desires satisfied, sees in Jane Seymour the perfect answer to the unrest threatening England: he engineers the plot that ends with Jane becoming the King's third wife. For Jane, who believes herself virtuous and her actions justified, miscarriages early in her marriage shake her confidence. How can a woman who has committed no wrong bear the guilt of how she unseated her predecessor?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49531648737553,"sku":"GOR008678785","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369324876049,"sku":"CIN0997133813G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51011544121617,"sku":"NIN9780997133813","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53560229101841,"sku":"CIN0997133813VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0997133813.jpg?v=1767091424"},{"product_id":"boy-king-book-janet-wertman-9780997133875","title":"The Boy King","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Open Letters Review's Ten Best Historical Novels of 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighly recommend both as a standalone and series read. Wertman's work is among the best Tudor fiction on the market - Historical Fiction Reader \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotherless since birth and newly bereft of his father, King Henry VI, nine-year-old Edward Tudor ascends to the throne of England and quickly learns that he cannot trust anyone, even himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward is at first relieved that his uncle, the new Duke of Somerset, will act on his behalf as Lord Protector, but this consolation evaporates as jealousy spreads through the court. Challengers arise on all sides to wrest control of the child king, and through him, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Edward can bring frustratingly little direction to the Council's policies, he refuses to abandon his one firm conviction: that Catholicism has no place in England. When Edward falls ill, this steadfast belief threatens England's best hope for a smooth succession: the transfer of the throne to Edward's very Catholic half-sister, Mary Tudor, whose heart's desire is to return the realm to the way it worshipped in her mother's day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49561436258577,"sku":"GOR013512824","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50956770509073,"sku":"CIN0997133872VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51011823108369,"sku":"NIN9780997133875","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694665826577,"sku":"CIN0997133872G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53345030373649,"sku":"GOR014862960","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0997133872.jpg?v=1767096811"},{"product_id":"path-to-somerset-book-janet-wertman-9780997133844","title":"The Path to Somerset","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist, 2020 Chaucer Award for pre-1750s Historical Fiction (contest still ongoing )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel's sweeping historic detail and bewitching blend of rivalries and romances will dazzle devotees of Tudor England - Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the tragic romance of Jane the Quene, this second book in The Seymour Saga takes a dark turn through an era in which King Henry VI descends into cynicism, suspicion and fits of madness - and in which mistakes mean death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Seymour's future is uncertain. Although his sister Jane bore Henry the son he'd sought for twenty years, when she died in childbirth, Henry's good nature died with her. Now the fiercely ambitious Edward must carve a difficult path through Henry's shifting principles and wives. Challenged at every turn by his nemesis, Bishop Stephen Gardiner, Edward must embrace ruthlessness in order to safeguard not only his own future but England's as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the account of Henry's tumultuous reign, as experienced by enemies whose fierce disputes over religion and common decency fuel epic struggles for the soul of the nation. And for power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49561436553489,"sku":"GOR010049506","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369326285073,"sku":"CIN0997133848G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51011474358545,"sku":"NIN9780997133844","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51320861753617,"sku":"GOR010275996","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51334423904529,"sku":"CIN0997133848VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0997133848.jpg?v=1767090744"},{"product_id":"six-marriages-of-henry-viii-book-janet-wertman-9781735491110","title":"The Six Marriages of Henry VIII","description":"This is a book for advanced Tudor fans. If you know nothing about the Tudors, this is not the book for you.Originally published in 1878, The Six Marriages of Henry VI is like the farsical love child of The Spanish Chronicle and Agnes Strickland, uniting Agnes' pretense at biography with the Spanish Chronicle's tendency to bring some scenes to life. Oh, and it's all told in the snark of Charles de Marillac, the French ambassador to Henry's court during some key years. Jules D'Argis repeats a lot of the over-the-top, no-this-never-happened stories - and invents new ones, many of which are based on the cultural practices he was familiar with and therefore tell us a lot about his own era. In a scene right out of a Bronte novel, D'Argis trots out a fortune teller to warn Anne Boleyn of the dangers that await her; elsewhere he speaks of the court going to Brighton to enjoy the seashore. Unfortunately, D'Argis also shows us what an antisemitic place France was at the time, in a gratuitous scene showing a jeweler who must remake for Jane Seymour a diamond and ruby necklace once destined for her predecessor. I eliminated the slurs but left the scene in, knowing that he had already proved his poor judgment by that point (he thought Anne had in fact slept with Norris, for goodness' sake ). In all, it's a wild read. Tudorholics will love to see how England's historic rival told the stories of the Tudors, especially closer to the actual events.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50324597735697,"sku":"CIN173549111XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51049232433425,"sku":"NIN9781735491110","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/173549111X.jpg?v=1751059155"},{"product_id":"boy-king-book-janet-wertman-9781735491141","title":"The Boy King","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Open Letters Review's Ten Best Historical Novels of 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighly recommend both as a standalone and series read. Wertman's work is among the best Tudor fiction on the market - Historical Fiction Reader \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotherless since birth and newly bereft of his father, King Henry VI, nine-year-old Edward Tudor ascends to the throne of England and quickly learns that he cannot trust anyone, even himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward is at first relieved that his uncle, the new Duke of Somerset, will act on his behalf as Lord Protector, but this consolation evaporates as jealousy spreads through the court. Challengers arise on all sides to wrest control of the child king, and through him, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Edward can bring frustratingly little direction to the Council's policies, he refuses to abandon his one firm conviction: that Catholicism has no place in England. When Edward falls ill, this steadfast belief threatens England's best hope for a smooth succession: the transfer of the throne to Edward's very Catholic half-sister, Mary Tudor, whose heart's desire is to return the realm to the way it worshipped in her mother's day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51048773583121,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51048776597777,"sku":"NIN9781735491141","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1735491144.jpg?v=1750766357"},{"product_id":"jane-the-quene-book-janet-wertman-9781735491127","title":"Jane the Quene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the Best Books of 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e - Open Letters Monthly; \u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, 2016 Novel of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e - Underground Book Reviews; \u003cstrong\u003eSemi-Finalist - 2017 M.M. Bennetts Award\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Jane Seymour wants is a husband; but when she catches the eye of a volatile king, she is pulled deep into the Tudor court's realm of plot and intrigue.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland. 1535. Jane Seymour is 27 years old and increasingly desperate to marry and secure her place in the world. When the court visits Wolf Hall, the Seymour ancestral manor, Jane has the perfect opportunity to shine: her diligence, efficiency, and newfound poise are sure to finally attract a suitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, King Henry VI is 45 and increasingly desperate for an heir. He changed his country's religion to leave his first wife, a princess of Spain, for Anne Boleyn -- but she too has failed to provide a son. As Henry begins to fear he is cursed, Jane Seymour's honesty and innocence conjure in him the hope of redemption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Cromwell, an ambitious clerk whose political prowess keeps the King's changing desires satisfied, sees in Jane Seymour the perfect answer to the unrest threatening England: he engineers the plot that ends with Jane becoming the King's third wife. For Jane, who believes herself virtuous and her actions justified, miscarriages early in her marriage shake her confidence. How can a woman who has committed no wrong bear the guilt of how she unseated her predecessor?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51048870117649,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51048873754897,"sku":"NIN9781735491127","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51630703640849,"sku":"NGR9781735491127","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1735491128.jpg?v=1767092753"},{"product_id":"path-to-somerset-book-janet-wertman-9781735491134","title":"The Path to Somerset","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist, 2020 Chaucer Award for pre-1750s Historical Fiction (contest still ongoing )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel's sweeping historic detail and bewitching blend of rivalries and romances will dazzle devotees of Tudor England - Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the tragic romance of Jane the Quene, this second book in The Seymour Saga takes a dark turn through an era in which King Henry VI descends into cynicism, suspicion and fits of madness - and in which mistakes mean death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Seymour's future is uncertain. Although his sister Jane bore Henry the son he'd sought for twenty years, when she died in childbirth, Henry's good nature died with her. Now the fiercely ambitious Edward must carve a difficult path through Henry's shifting principles and wives. Challenged at every turn by his nemesis, Bishop Stephen Gardiner, Edward must embrace ruthlessness in order to safeguard not only his own future but England's as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the account of Henry's tumultuous reign, as experienced by enemies whose fierce disputes over religion and common decency fuel epic struggles for the soul of the nation. And for power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51049404498193,"sku":"NIN9781735491134","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1735491136.jpg?v=1767434709"},{"product_id":"nothing-proved-book-janet-wertman-9781735491196","title":"Nothing Proved","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis omnibus includes both books in the \u003cem\u003eOf the Sun and Sea\u003c\/em\u003e series, providing the complete narrative in one volume.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDense and dramatic yet heartfelt and relatable...\u003cem\u003eOf the Sun and Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is both a beautiful fantasy adventure and a poignant metaphor for grief and mental health.\u003c\/strong\u003e - IndieReader, ★5 Stars (Winner of the IndieReader Discovery Awards 2025, New Adult)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimate epic, high-stakes, character-driven portal fantasy.\u003c\/strong\u003e - BookLife (by Publishers Weekly)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt only nineteen, Marina Oliver has lost everything. After an accident took her parents' lives and left her drowning in grief, she finds fleeting comfort in her recurring dreams of ocean waves. But when the waves come for her while she's awake, Marina falls through the cracks of her world and into Elsudra, a realm torn apart by war and ruled by a dictator who seeks to control the source of its magic. Elsudrans call it the Omnia, and it has latched onto her. Forced into hiding and harboring a power she neither wants nor understands, Marina fights against her fate, despite being told she should've chosen it herself. When she begins showing inclinations toward the Omnia's power, however, she can't help but wonder why someone like her-plagued by internal storms and guilt-would've been tasked with such an extreme burden. The more she fights for home, the more intense her dreams grow, and with them, looming threats that force her to confront the darkness both around and within her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52754200854801,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52754201411857,"sku":"NIN9781735491196","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"nothing-proved-book-janet-wertman-9781735491189","title":"Nothing Proved","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis omnibus includes both books in the \u003cem\u003eOf the Sun and Sea\u003c\/em\u003e series, providing the complete narrative in one volume.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDense and dramatic yet heartfelt and relatable...\u003cem\u003eOf the Sun and Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is both a beautiful fantasy adventure and a poignant metaphor for grief and mental health.\u003c\/strong\u003e - IndieReader, ★5 Stars (Winner of the IndieReader Discovery Awards 2025, New Adult)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimate epic, high-stakes, character-driven portal fantasy.\u003c\/strong\u003e - BookLife (by Publishers Weekly)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt only nineteen, Marina Oliver has lost everything. After an accident took her parents' lives and left her drowning in grief, she finds fleeting comfort in her recurring dreams of ocean waves. But when the waves come for her while she's awake, Marina falls through the cracks of her world and into Elsudra, a realm torn apart by war and ruled by a dictator who seeks to control the source of its magic. Elsudrans call it the Omnia, and it has latched onto her. Forced into hiding and harboring a power she neither wants nor understands, Marina fights against her fate, despite being told she should've chosen it herself. When she begins showing inclinations toward the Omnia's power, however, she can't help but wonder why someone like her-plagued by internal storms and guilt-would've been tasked with such an extreme burden. The more she fights for home, the more intense her dreams grow, and with them, looming threats that force her to confront the darkness both around and within her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52754211864849,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52754212421905,"sku":"NIN9781735491189","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781735491189.jpg?v=1763568691"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-janet-wertman.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}