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  • Published: 23 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241815007
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $55.00
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Henry Tudor Must Die




Magic meets monarchy as England’s most notorious queens seize back their crowns and their stories — for fans of Juno Dawson and SIX the Musical.

Anne Boleyn is going to die, and neither her cleverness nor her witchery can save her.

Then her old rival, Catalina de Aragón, shows up in her Tower cell—very much alive and with a wild escape plan. Anne didn’t see that coming.

Catalina doesn’t have Anne’s magic, but she has just as much hatred for England’s wretched king. Stripped of influence and separated from her daughter, she lives for the Hellebore Sisterhood, a secret society dedicated to keeping queens alive…and shaking up the patriarchy along the way.

Old rivalries vanish as the queens team up. They ensnare pawns, infiltrate the court, and hunt the men who plotted against them. Always closer to their real target…

And they are coming for his head.

  • Published: 23 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241815007
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $55.00
Categories:

About the author

Jillian Laine

Jillian Laine is an author and journalist. She has written multiple children’s books and has worked as an acquisitions editor, book festival director, and literary award judge. She and her husband live with their pride of cats in the Great Lakes State. HENRY TUDOR MUST DIE is her first novel.

Praise for Henry Tudor Must Die

Henry Tudor Must Die is unlike anything I have ever read! Fiercely feminist, with a secret society of women, witchcraft and court politics and schemes. I loved Lina and Anne, and the friendship between them, and cheered as they banded together to take down the evil men corrupting their world. A truly remarkable debut!

Naina Kumar, USA Today bestselling author

A rambunctious romp of a book. Revenge is a dish best served with a side of Henry Tudor’s head and I loved every minute of watching his capable wives come together to sharpen their swords.

A. Rushby, author of Slashed Beauties

Hell hath no fury like a woman who survives her own beheading. Jillian Laine has peeled back history and added a few layers of her own to construct a cast of dangerously clever, witchy women with sharp edges and a righteous cause. Henry Tudor Must Die is an exquisite declaration of female rage, sisterhood, and what it takes to stand against the abuse of power in a deeply unjust world.

Emily Krempholtz, USA Today bestselling author of Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore

History as it should have been, Henry Tudor Must Die delivers the delicious revenge we’ve been craving for centuries.

Kirsten Miller, author of The Change and The Women of Wild Hill

Sharp, emotional, and deeply relevant, Jillian Laine's debut tells the story of queens reclaiming their power. Read this book if you love stories about sisterhood, magic, and a witty 'what if?

Jodi Meadows, New York Times bestselling co-author of My Lady Jane