The King's Mistress: The First of the Niscerien Chronicles

Ray Tyrrell

Jul 2017 · Troubador Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

Queen Bertal prematurely gives birth to her second child late in pregnancy on a winter walk. Though very ill, both she and the baby Prince Gudrick survive. Eilana, an ostler’s daughter, has just given birth to a baby boy in disgrace, two weeks before her Maiden’s Day. As the only new mother within the Castle Nisceriel, she is taken with her child into the Royal Quarters as wet nurse to the new Prince. Over the next fourteen years, unconsciously at first, then with raw ambition, Eilana establishes herself within the Royal family with the help of her elder brother. Her son Harlada is raised alongside the Prince and they become inseparable. Eilana becomes Mistress to King Gudmon and bears him a son, the bastard Prince Gudfel. Now, her ambitions change, as she sets about getting him the throne, by whatever means necessary. To succeed she will need to eliminate all those who threaten her or stand in her way, including her lovers, her friends and even her own eldest son. The King’s Mistress is the first book in the Niscerien Chronicles, and is followed by The King Mother.

About the author

Ray Tyrrell was educated at Bristol Polytechnic, and became a Free Trade Sales Director for Courage Brewery in Bristol in his early 30s. He went into beer wholesaling, then ran his own pub company for 15 years before selling on. He retired as Commercial Director of a major fruit juice company in 2009. Throughout his life he has played drums in blues bands, some very well known, and still does. He is married with two married sons and is a grandfather.