The two are soon arrested and imprisoned at the Tower of London for interfering with Margaret's punishment, leaving Joanna in a desperate position. There is someone else in the family there to give support to Margaret: Joanna's own father. The seriousness of Margaret's crime means that no one in the family is likely to be present at her death but she and Joanna shared a special bond. Joanna is a devoted novice on her way to becoming a nun but the call of a family member in distress is more than she can bear. When Joanna Stafford hears that her cousin is to be burned at the stake for protesting King Henry VIII's position with regards to the Catholic church, she abandons her position with the Dartford Priory to be at her side. Hi, all! Today I'm a stop on the TLC book tour for Nancy Bilyeau's latest, but I wanted to quickly cover her debut, The Crown, first.
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