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Harlequin presents volume 4148
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The last thing that soon-to-be king and refromed playboy Adrastros can afford is a scandal. So, when photos of his forbidden tryst with Poppy Henderson, his sister's best friend are sold to the press, he must save both their reputations. By convincing the world that their passion was the start of a festive royal romance!
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Lorsqu'on lui propose de travailler pour le richissime et célèbre Rafaelo Dimitri, Louise refuse immédiatement. Ce milliardaire a une réputation de goujat impossible à gérer, et elle refuse tout net de renoncer à son indépendance !Mais aussitt l'offre déclinée, Rafaelo en personne la somme de rejoindre son entreprise. Louise comprend alors qu'elle n'a pas le choix.En effet, cet homme d'affaires si puissant – et hélas ! tellement séduisant...
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Presents a portrait of Henry VIII through the lens of his relationships with the men who surrounded him--companions, confidants, servants, ministers, and rivals--and explores how they impacted his life and historic reign.
"Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. However, as acclaimed historian Tracy Borman makes clear in her illuminating new chronicle of Henry's life, his reign and reputation...
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Elizabeth II is the longest lived and, after Queen Victoria, second longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. From her coronation in 1953 to her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Queen Elizabeth II has stood on the world stage as the figurehead for Britain. The Queen: History in an Hour tells the story of the Queen Elizabeth II's life and long reign, her royal duties, service during the Second World...
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused England's break from the Catholic church in Rome. He went on to divorce Anne of Cleves and behead Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard for infidelities. Jane Seymour died and Catherine Parr survived Henry. Henry VIII's Wives in an Hour will introduce you to these...
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. King of England, claimant King of France, Lord — and later King — of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England's most notorious monarch. Succeeding his father, Henry VII, he allied with the Holy Roman Emperor and began his many obsessive invasions of France. Meanwhile the handsome, worldly king embarked on his famous...
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We grew up with the same parents in the same castle, but in many ways we each had a moat around us. Sometimes when visitors came they would say, "You are such lucky children; it's a fairytale life you live." And I knew they were right, it was a fairytale upbringing. But fairy tales are dark and I had no way of telling either a stranger or a friend what was going on; the abnormal became ordinary.
Liza Campbell was the last child to be born at the...
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Will she follow royal command…or her deepest desires? Dive into the fairy-tale of this The Little Mermaid–inspired romance by Lorraine Hall.
Her duty: a convenient marriage.
Her destiny: a dangerously tempting stranger.
Princess Elsebet is duty-bound to marry for her country. But when a mysterious-and gorgeous-man washes up on the castle shores, she's instantly drawn to him. Suddenly, she's considering trading her royal future for one she...
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Meet Princess Scallywag – a feisty new heroine with more than a few tricks up her royal sleeve! From brand-new picture book pairing Mark Sperring and Claire Powell comes this hilarious, subversive fairy tale for girls and boys alike. What's a queen to do when she wakes up to find a huge bothersome dragon ransacking her kingdom and terrorising the villagers? By a stroke of luck, the bravest knight in the land happens to be skipping by at just the...
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Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most secretive countries. Now, Susanne Koelbl, award-winning journalist for the German news magazine Der Spiegel, unveils many secrets of this mysterious kingdom. For years she traveled the Middle East, and recently lived in Riyadh during the most dramatic changes since the country's founding. She has cultivated relationships on every level of Saudi society and is equally at ease with ultra-conservative Wahhabi preachers,...
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