The Importance of Wives
FINALIST in the 2025 CHAUCER AWARDS of the Chanticleer International Book Awards!
The Importance of Wives is a confidently written period drama with excellently articulated dialogue that feels authentic and measured. A must for those who love well written historical dramas, The Importance of Wives intricately blends fact and fiction to create a thoroughly impressive tale.
5-Star Review by The BookLife Prize, July 2024
Once I started reading The Importance of Wives by Keira Morgan, I could not put it down…. Highly recommended. One of the best historical novels I have read.
Reviewed by Lucinda E Clarke for Readers’ Favorite
Duchess Anne of Brittany is not quite 12, yet her situation could not be more perilous. She is a girl, she has just inherited one of the richest duchies in Europe—and enemies surround her.
It is 1488, and men do not believe that women can rule. The French want to seize her duchy. Across the channel, the English hover, ready to attack. And Anne’s guardians want her power for themselves. They plot to marry her to their chosen candidate, and rule in her stead. It is the traditional fate of heiresses.
But Anne has ideas of her own. She is strong-minded and trained to rule. When she refuses to obey, she finds herself in a civil war, supported by only a few loyalists. Then France invades. Will a girl so young be able to defend her duchy against two adversaries?
Even her most trusted allies advise her to marry. Can a husband save her people from the invading French? Must she give up her duchy? Or will she find another way to guard her inheritance?
Based on the extraordinary life of young Anne, when Duchess of Brittany, this is the dramatic story of a strong-willed girl beset by impossible choices.
The Importance of Sons
An irresistible tale of intrigue, rivalry and friendship filled with fascinating characters and a compelling plot.
Anne and Louise are rivals from the moment they meet. Whose son will be king?
In 1491, France conquers Brittany. As part of the peace treaty, fifteen-year-old Duchess Anne must marry the young French king. She arrives in France, defeated, homesick and surrounded by enemies. Once the ruler of her duchy, her only value as queen is to provide an heir. With only her pride to sustain her, can Anne make a place for herself in her enemy’s court? Read More
The Importance of Pawns
A gripping story of love, heartache and political intrigue packed with drama and danger, in the dazzling16th century French court!
Although life at court looks easy, Queen Claude knows better. Danger lurks beneath the glitter for sisters Claude and young Renée. Dare Claude confront her dangerous mother-in-law to save her sister and claim her rightful place as queen of France? Learn More
Buy The Importance of Pawns to find out…
Next Book in the Series
The Importance of Heirs
Coming December 2026
About Keira
Keira discovered the Renaissance when her grandmother gave her a book about England’s queens when she was five.
Ever since she has been pursuing her subject. It isn’t just the history. The clothing, the food, the way people travelled, how they lived, how they brought up their children, what they thought about, and why—all these things fascinate her.
She studied Renaissance and Reformation history in university—either as a major or minor—to the doctoral level. But her favourite reading was historical fiction since its authors explored the feelings and thoughts that motivated people rather than just the facts. So she decided she wanted to write fiction rather than history and accepted that she would never become an academic.
After a career in the Canadian public service, she moved to Mexico where she is pursuing her writing career. The Importance of Pawns is her first published novel.
