{"product_id":"the-dangerous-kingdom-of-love","title":"The Dangerous Kingdom of Love","description":" Expect much enjoyment from this clever and unusual novel THE TIMES  Historical Fiction Book of the Month  An entertaining and often very funny read with something to say about both the love of power and the power of love SUNDAY TIMES  Neil Blackmore writes with a fizzy wit that bounds his characters off the page BEN ALDRIDGE  The kingdom of love is a frightening place. A dangerous place. What kind of fool wants to live there?  How have I  Francis Bacon  well-known as the cleverest man in England  been caught in this trap? For years I survived the brutal games of the English court  driven by the whims of the idiot King James I - and finally  I was winning. Forget what my friends Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare say about love. I had that which men truly crave above all else: power.  But now  at the moment of my greatest success  a deadly alliance of my enemies has begun closing in on me. Led by the Kings beautiful and poisonous lover Carr  this new alliance threatens to turn our foolish King against me  so that I may rot in the Tower.  I refuse to go down without a fight. I have concocted a brilliant new plan: I will find my own beguiling young man and supplant Carr in the Kings bed  and take power for myself. All I need to do is find him  my beautiful and mysterious creature  my perfect chess move.  In the dangerous kingdom of love  those who understand desire win. And I intend to win  at all costs.    Brilliant ... Like Wolf Hall meets Succession ... Scandalous  politically perceptive and unexpectedly heartfelt APPLE BOOKS","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44629076967477,"sku":"ByrdShop_1786332671","price":93.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1786332671_b960f399-506d-4aa6-8c95-3351b37dffb3.jpg?v=1768238966","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-dangerous-kingdom-of-love","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}