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Queens of England volume 8
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English
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In 1470, a reluctant Lady Anne Neville is betrothed by her father, the politically ambitious Earl of Warwick, to Edward, Prince of Wales. A gentle yet fiercely intelligent woman, Anne has already given her heart to the prince’s younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Unable to oppose her father’s will, she finds herself in line for the throne of England—an obligation that she does not want. Yet fate intervenes when Edward is...
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Mary Queen of Scots novels volume 2
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English
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"The epic tale of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart, cousin to Queen Elizabeth. After her husband, Lord Darnley, is murdered, suspicion falls on Mary and her lover, the Earl of bothwell. A Catholic in a land of stern Prostestants, Mary finds herself in the middle of a revolt, as her bloodthirsty subjects call for her arrest and execution. In disgrace she flees her Scottish persecutors for England, where she appeals to Queen Elizabeth for mercy, but to...
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Catherine de Medici trilogy volume 3
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English
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"Catherine de' Medici is the widow of Henri II of France during the Religious Wars."--NoveList.
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Queens of England volume 02
Language
English
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Jean Plaidy reveals the Virgin Queen as she truly was: the bewildered, motherless child of an all-powerful father; a captive in the Tower of London; a shrewd politician; a lover of the arts; and eventually, an icon of an era. She also recounts the emotional turmoil of Elizabeth's life: the loneliness of power; the heartbreak of her lifelong love affair with Robert Dudley, whom she could never marry; and the terrible guilt of ordering the execution...
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Tudor series (Jean Plaidy) volume 9
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2003.
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English
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Recounts the life story of Princess Mary Tudor, the beloved youngest sister of England's King Henry VIII, who becomes the unwilling bride of the elderly French king, until, after his death, she devises a scheme to outwit her ruthless brother to marry her true love, the Duke of Suffolk.
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Queens of England volume 4
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IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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Bewitching King Henry VIII into making her his bride, the strong-willed and passionate Anne Boleyn becomes the tragically doomed queen who fails to produce a son for the king but whose daughter, Elizabeth, becomes one of the greatest rulers of all time.
17) Madame Serpent
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English
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An historical romance centering on Catherine de Medici, from her reluctant marriage at fourteen to France's philandering future Henry II, through years of unrequited passion and love, to her emergence as ruthless Regent of France.
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