Background
Susan Longhi was born in 1951 in New York City, New York, United States, and lived there whilst growing up.
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Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland
(Refugee. Queen. Saint. Based on the lives of Saint Margar...)
Refugee. Queen. Saint. Based on the lives of Saint Margaret of Scotland and her husband, King Malcolm III, in eleventh-century Scotland, a young woman strives to fulfill her destiny despite the risks... Shipwrecked on the Scottish coast, a young Saxon princess and her family—including the outlawed Edgar of England—ask sanctuary of the warrior-king Malcolm Canmore, who shrewdly sees the political advantage. He promises to aid Edgar and the Saxon cause in return for the hand of Edgar’s sister, Margaret, in marriage. A foreign queen in a strange land, Margaret adapts to life among the barbarian Scots, bears princes, and shapes the fierce warrior Malcolm into a sophisticated ruler. Yet even as the king and queen build a passionate and tempestuous partnership, the Scots distrust her. When her husband brings Eva, a Celtic bard, to court as a hostage for the good behavior of the formidable Lady Macbeth, Margaret expects trouble. Instead, an unlikely friendship grows between the queen and her bard, though one has a wild Celtic nature and the other follows the demanding path of obligation. Torn between old and new loyalties, Eva is bound by a vow to betray the king and his Saxon queen. Soon imprisoned and charged with witchcraft and treason, Eva learns that Queen Margaret—counseled by the furious king and his powerful priests—will decide her fate and that of her kinswoman Lady Macbeth. But can the proud queen forgive such deep treachery? Impeccably researched, a dramatic page-turner, Queen Hereafter is an unforgettable story of shifting alliances and the tension between fear and trust as a young woman finds her way in a dangerous world.
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Susan King
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She attended the University of Maryland, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and an Master of Arts
Career
In Art History. After completing her studies, King lectured in art history and art theory and pursued a doctoral degree in medieval art history, again at the University of Maryland. Following her Master of Arts, King wrote her first novel, The Black Thorne"s Rose, which was published by Penguin/Topaz in September 1994. Many of her novels, which have been published in several foreign languages, feature Celtic legends and myths.
Her passion for art and history lend her books a high level of historical accuracy and detail that set King"s work apart from many others in the genre.
King has been nominated for the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Long Historical. King currently resides in Maryland.
Achievements
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King"s work has been translated into five languages, and she has received awards from Romantic Times Magazine as well as a RITA Award nomination from the Romance Writers of America. She has been the recipient of the Romantic Times Reviewers" Choice Award for Best Medieval Novel and the Romantic Times Reviewers" Choice Award for Career Achievement in Medieval Historical Romance.
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Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland
(Refugee. Queen. Saint. Based on the lives of Saint Margar...)
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Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland
Membership
She is a member of the Romance Writers of America and Novelists, Incorporated, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Romance Writers.
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