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Jean Plaidy
The ninth of Jean Plaidy’s Tudor novels - the story of Princess Mary Tudor, a celebrated beauty and born rebel who would defy the most powerful king in Europe; Mary…
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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…
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…
Albert is dead and the queen is preparing to spend the rest of her life in mourning. Palmerston, then Gladstone and Disraeli, govern her empire. The court at Windsor, Balmoral…
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…
These are dark days for England; the Tudor succession hangs precariously in the balance, along with the lives of its people. With the shadow of the dreaded Inquisition looming across…
In a castle in the mountains outside Rome, Lucrezia Borgia is born into history’s most notorious family. Her father, who is to become Pope Alexander VI, receives his first daughter…
Richard of Bordeaux, young heir to the throne after Edward the Third, is surrounded by ambitious uncles who believe it would be better for the country if they could take…
Originally published in Great Britain in 1952 by Arrow Books –T. p. verso.
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Originally published in the United Kingdom in 1958 by Robert Hale Ltd. –T.p. verso.
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…
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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…
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…
Reckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward the fourth has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kingmaker. But…
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…
Married to Ferdinand after continual fears and disappointments, Isabella triumphed over every danger, convinced of her true destiny. Ambitious and unfaithful, Ferdinand longed to lead his troops against the Moorish…
With Spain united, Isabella found herself torn between Ferdinand’s brilliant plans and her love for her children. Tragedy followed tragedy - Juana, driven to madness by her husband’s philandering; and…
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…
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…
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…
Through all the years of his reign, Edward I strove to weld a nation united from England, Scotland and Wales. When the mighty Wallace raised the Scots in arms and…
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…
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…
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…
For the first time in paperback-all three of Jean Plaidy’s Katharine of Aragon novels in one volume.
Legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy begins her tales of Henry VIII’s queens with…
