Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the real-life characters behind her Wars of the Roses novels. Gregory and her team describe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins' War series: Jacquetta, Duchess of...
Queens
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Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:A knight's widow in 1461, Elizabeth employs her considerable charms to reel in the biggest catch of all--virile King Edward IV. When their clandestine marriage comes to light, powerful enemies eye Elizabeth with contempt. After...
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Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling...
- Author:Plaidy, JeanSummary:
The marriage of Katharine of Aragon and King Henry VIII was a right royal match. England loved the young lovers, but hardly were they wed when powerful people in Henry's court were spinning webs of intrigue around the innocent...
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Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:Gregory weaves the second installment of the Cousins' War trilogy that follows Lady Margaret Beaufort as she desperately tries to ensure her son Henry VII becomes the rightful heir to the throne.
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Author:Erickson, CarollySummary:The courageous, spirited Mary Queen of Scots tells her own story--from her youth as a young girl married to the invalid young King of France to her short reign as Queen of Scotland and her tragic imprisonment by her ruthless, merciless...
- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
No English monarch had a greater influence on his or her people than Queen Elizabeth I. Yet despite her extremely public life, she closely guarded her secrets, which are finally revealed in this epic biography. The Life of Elizabeth I...
- Author:Plaidy, JeanSummary:
The twelve-year marriage of Henry and Katharine has declined from an idyllic union into an uneasy stalemate. The king's love for his aging queen has grown cold, and he is angry with her failure to give him the heir to the throne he...
- Author:Warren, SamanthaSummary:
She was raised to hunt faeries. He was raised from the dead. Aiofe Callaghan comes from a long line of faery hunters. Hired by one of the faery queens, they protect the human world from chaos and destruction. But when Aiofe stumbles...
- Author:Wexler, DjangoSummary:
Military might and arcane powers clash in Wexler's fifth action-packed Shadow Campaigns novel. The Beast, the ancient demon imprisoned beneath Elysium for a thousand years, has been loosed on the world. It absorbs mind after mind,...
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Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and are married, the match becomes as passionate as it is politically expedient. The young...
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- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
This epic book brings to vivid life five powerful Norman queens, from Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, to the Empress Matilda, mother to King Henry II, founder of the Plantagenet dynasty. The lives of England's...
- Author:Baron, AlexanderSummary:
A novel based on the conflict between Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, and the Roman Emperor, Aurelianus, in the third century A.D.
From Kirkus Review, September 27, 1956: "Some speculative digging into the past turns up the contest...
- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history's most notorious and charismatic queens. Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter...
- Author:Blake, KendareSummary:
#1 New York Times bestseller! The battle for the crown has begun, but which of the three sisters will prevail' With the unforgettable events of the Quickening behind them and the Ascension Year underway, all bets are off. Katharine...
- Author:FRASER, AntoniaSummary:
Still a controversial figure - as well as a celebrated one - Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arose mixed emotions. Was she, as Edmund Burke thought, a misused heroine? Or would there have been no French...
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Author:Bouchet, AmandaSummary:The destiny Catalia "Cat" Fisa has spent her entire life running from has finally caught up to her. But in order to truly accept her fate and become Queen of Thalyria, Cat and her dedicated husband Griffin Sinta will have to go to war...
- Author:Wexler, DjangoSummary:
Fourth in the "audacious and subversive"* Shadow Campaigns novels, following The Price of Valor, The Shadow Throne, and the acclaimed The Thousand Names. After their defeats at the hands of general Janus bet Vhalnich, the...
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