Standing in the King's Palace

About the Book

Life on the Texas frontier before its independence was never easy, and the story of Cynthia Ann Parker certainly shows that. Taken captive by Indians when she was eight, Cynthia used every skill to survive, so much so that she rose to the highest point a woman could reach as the Comanche’s chief’s wife. More than 20 years later, she was re-taken by Anglos, but now she was a stranger to her own people, a mother who mourned losses of two sons and the death of a daughter. There was no happy ending.

About the Author

A fourth generation Texan, Judy Womack enjoyed writing from earliest years of school through graduation from the University of North Texas with a bachelor and master’s degrees. Telling a story through words became a part of her 30 year teaching career, and she recognizes that her two sons will continue using the same ability which was also displayed by their grandmother. Novels, poems, plays, local histories are all part of her background, and she plans to continue writing in the days ahead. She will always be a story teller.