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Jean Plaidy
Betrothed to King James IV of Scotland by her brother, King Henry VIII of England, Princess Margaret Tudor finds great joy in her arranged marriage until she is widowed by…
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Dramatizes the life and reign of Bloody Mary and her efforts to avenge her mother’s abandonment by King Henry VIII and to reinstate Catholicism in England. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
This third Novel of the Stuarts is now reissued for a brand-new audience. King James I has a fondness for handsome young men, and the dashing Robert Carr attracts his…
France eagerly awaits the day the young King, Louis XV, comes of age and breaks free from the rule of his ministers. From the gentle persuasions of Madame de Mailley…
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Edward the Second’s first act on coming to the throne is to recall Piers Gaveston from exile. The new Queen Isabella, accustomed to adulation, is bitterly humilated; and she is…
Plaidy’s eighth book in her Novels of the Tudors series offers the fascinating story of Philip II of Spain–and the three wives who loved him, one of which was Mary…
Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form as The Haunted Sisters in Great Britain by Robert Hale Limited, London, in 1966, and in hardcover in the United States by…
Frivolous and reckless, she flouts the strict and demanding etiquette of the glittering court, and discovers the true nature of love, hate and jealousy. But the clouds of revolution are…
News of Thomas a Becket’s martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom and the blame is laid at the feet of Henry Plantagenet, King of England. Two years later, with Becket canonised…
At the age of thirty-two, Richard the Lionheart has finally succeeded Henry II to the English throne. And, against his father’s wishes, he intends to make Berengaria, daughter of the…
She was a bold adventurer who, while still a girl, traveled to the Holy Land on the Second Crusade. She married first the King of France, then the King of…
Includes excerpt from the author’s Royal Sisters.
The author follows the tragic character of Mary, Queen of Scots, from the charming child-queen who longed for excitement through a tumultuous and tragic adulthood. Mary stood at the center…
In the aftermath of the bloody Wars of the Roses, Henry Tudor has seized the English crown, finally uniting the warring Houses of York and Lancaster through his marriage to…
Sullen-eyed and broken-hearted, fourteen-year-old Catherine de'Medici arrives in Marseilles to marry Henry of Orleans, second son of the King of France. On the promise of a dowry fit for a…
Henry Tudor was not born to the throne of England: bothviolence and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, daughterand direct heir of King Edward IV, helped him secure thethrone for…
Originally published in the United Kingdom in 1958 by Robert Hale Ltd. –T.p. verso.
The two novels contained in this volume were originally published separately in hardcover and in slightly different form as ‘Madonna of the seven hills’ and ‘Light on Lucrezia’ by Robert…
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Princess Victoria, within Kensington Palace, is being moulded for her future as Queen of England. Closely guarded, she becomes aware of the conflicts surrounding her. Growing up is proving difficult…
On 20th June 1837, an eighteen-year-old girl is called from her bed and told that she is Queen of England. The young queen’s first few years are beset with scandal…
Victoria and Albert were destined for each other. However, Albert is aware that marriage to a quick-tempered woman like Victoria could result in unnecessary scenes and court feuds. The young…
When William X dies, the duchy of Aquitaine is left to his fifteen year-old daughter, Eleanor. Eleanor grows into a romantic and beautiful queen, and is determined to rule Aquitaine…
Marguerite, eldest daughter of the Count of Provence, had married a king of France - and now her sister Eleanor is determined to make just as grand a match. A…
Isabella became the pawn of her ambitious, half-crazed mother and a virtual prisoner at the licentious court of her half-brother, Henry IV. Was she, at sixteen, fated to be the…
Richard the Second is losing his hold on the crown and Henry of Bolingbroke, previously exiled by the king, returns to England to claim it. Richard is deposed and dies…
From princesses to country girls to actresses the loves of Charles II come to life. Ten years after Charles I was deposed and executed, his son, Charles II, regains the…
