The Concubine written by Norah Lofts performed by Patricia Gallimore on Audio CD (Unabridged)

“All eyes and hair” a courtier had said disparagingly of her – and certainly the younger daughter of Tom Boleyn lacked the bounteous charms of most ladies of Court. Black-haired, black eyes, she had a wild-sprite quality that was to prove more effective, more dangerous than conventional feminine appeal. The King first noticed her when she was sixteen – and with imperial greed he smashed her youthful love-affair...

with Harry Percy and began the process of royal seduction…

But this was no ordinary woman, no maid-in-waiting to be possessed and discarded by a king.

Against his will, his own common sense, Henry found himself bewitched – enthralled by the young girl who was to be known as the Concubine…