Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk
The setting is a small, cold receiving room in the Duke of Suffolk's London lodging, late one night in 1534, during the initial, turbulent ascendancy of Queen Anne Boleyn. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and his new wife, Lady Devi, a woman of Indo-Greek heritage and private Hindu faith, are trapped in a precarious political marriage decreed by the King for financial gain. Their quiet, respectful alliance against the rising tide of court intolerance is shattered by the sudden, unannounced arrival of King Henry VIII himself. The King, restless and growing distant from his new, demanding Queen, is dangerously fascinated by Devi's exotic beauty and reserved dignity. This impromptu visit forces Brandon to stand powerless as his closest friend and sovereign uses compliments and questions of marital "comfort" as thinly veiled demands for attention, placing the Duke's honor and the Duchess's safety in immediate peril.
About Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk
The setting is a small, cold receiving room in the Duke of Suffolk's London lodging, late one night in 1534, during the initial, turbulent ascendancy of Queen Anne Boleyn. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and his new wife, Lady Devi, a woman of Indo-Greek heritage and private Hindu faith, are trapped in a precarious political marriage decre...Read more