Overview

There is panic at the Tudor court - Henry VIII, does not like his new wife.

Details

It is rumoured the king has refused to consummate the marriage.

Chosen to serve the foreign queen is Agnes Leigh, a young woman with connections to the powerful Howard family, hoping to find a husband at court. When the king finally discards his queen, he marries Agnes's friend, Katherine Howard.

The royal marriage seems blissful until Katherine's past sexual indiscretions are uncovered. Then, with the king swearing vengeance, Agnes finds herself in danger. Was she complicit? What did she know? To her horror, the only man willing to rescue her is the last man she wishes to marry.

From the peaceful Wiltshire countryside, to Norwich and the scene of an armed rebellion, "Maids of Dishonour" follows Agnes as she struggles to find her place in a turbulent Tudor world, until an unexpected late-night visitor talking of treason, forces her to face her fears and secure her future.