# The Chalice

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- Book: [The Chalice](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-bilyeau/the-chalice) ([The Chalice.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-bilyeau/the-chalice.md))
- Authors: [Nancy Bilyeau](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-bilyeau)
- Publisher: Orion
- ISBN: 978-13-9871-831-9
- Published: 2023-11-23
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A CURSE TO KILL A KING. A FIGHT TO SAVE A NATION. England, 1538. The nation is reeling after the ruthless dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII. Cast out of Dartford Priory, Joanna Stafford - feisty, courageous, but scarred by her recent encounter with rebellion at court - is trying to live a quiet life with her five-year-old charge, Arthur. But family connections draw her dangerously close to a treasonous plot and, repelled by violence and the whispered conspiracies around her, Joanna seeks a life with a man who loves her. But, no matter how hard she tries, she cannot escape the spreading darkness of her destiny. She must make a choice between those she cares for most, and taking her part in a mysterious prophecy foretold by three compelling seers. Joanna embarks upon a testing journey and, as she deciphers the meaning at the core of the prophecy, she learns that the fate of a king and the freedom of a nation rest in her hands.