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"Frustrated by his own failures at matrimony, King Henry VIII punishes an insolent nobleman by commanding him to marry the vagabond woman caught stealing his horse. Stephen de Lacey is a cold and bitter widower, long accustomed to the sovereign's capricious and malicious whims. He regards his new bride as utterly inconvenient ... though undeniably fetching. But Juliana Romanov is no ordinary thief--she is a Russian princess forced into hiding by the...
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"Feisty orphan Pippa de Lacey lives by wit and skill as a London street performer. But when her sharp tongue gets her into serious trouble, she throws herself upon the mercy of Irish chieftan Aidan O'Donoghue. Pippa provides a welcome diversion for Aidan as he awaits an audience with the queen, who holds his people's fate in her hands. Amused at first, he becomes obsessed with the audacious waif who claims his patronage. Rash and impetuous, their...
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Roguishly handsome Oliver de Lacey has always lived lustily: wine weapons and women are his bywords. Even salvation from the noose by a shadowy society provides no epiphany to mend his debauched ways. Mistress Lark's sole passion is her secret work with a group of Protestant dissidents thwarting the queen's executions. She needs no other excitement - until Oliver de Lacey drops through the hangman's door and into her life.
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Widowed for the second time at age thirty-one, Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love. However, obliged to return to court, she attracts the attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII, who dispatches his love rival, Seymour, to the Continent. Unable to refuse a royal proposal, but haunted by the fates of his previous wives, Katherine must become Henry's...
5) Witchstruck
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Tudor witch trilogy volume 1
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Secretly practicing her magical gifts at the palace of banished Tudor princess Elizabeth, Meg Lytton struggles to rebuff a marriage suit by witchfinder Marcus Dent, who is conspiring against the queen along with Meg's own family.
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"SISTERS OF TREASON, the second novel by Elizabeth Fremantle, is a story of love, politics and tragedy. Beginning early in Mary Tudor's turbulent reign, SISTERS OF TREASON explores the lives of a pair of sisters as dangerously close to the throne as their sister Lady Jane Grey, who died on the executioner's block at the age of 16, after being queen for nine days. After Jane's death, Lady Catherine becomes the focus of plots to thwart Mary Stuart's...
7) Witchfall
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Tudor witch trilogy volume 2
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2014.
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In order for magic-wielding Meg to keep the outcast Princess Elizabeth and her secret betrothed, the Spanish priest Alejandro de Castillo, safe in the court of Queen Mary, she needs to make the ultimate sacrifice.
8) Witchrise
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Tudor witch trilogy volume 3
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2014.
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To defeat the witch hunter Marcus Dent, Tudor witch Meg Lytton must learn to harness the power of her mother's ring and wand, a situation complicated by the loss of her love, Alejandro.
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2015
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A captivating historical novel that poses the thrilling question: What if Elizabeth I, the celebrated Virgin Queen, gave birth a legitimate heir?—the first installation of the Tudor Legacy trilogy
“[Laura] Andersen brilliantly blends the history and historical characters we know into her wondrous new world.”—RT Book Reviews
Since the death of her brother, William, Elizabeth I has ruled England....
“[Laura] Andersen brilliantly blends the history and historical characters we know into her wondrous new world.”—RT Book Reviews
Since the death of her brother, William, Elizabeth I has ruled England....
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Tudor Legacy volume 02
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Queen Elizabeth I remains sovereign of England and Ireland. For the moment, at least. An Irish rebellion is growing and Catholic Spain, led by the Queen's former husband, King Philip, plans to seize advantage of the turmoil. Stephen Courtenay, eldest son of Dominic and Minuette, Elizabeth's most trusted confidantes, has accepted a command in Ireland to quell the unrest. But the task will prove dangerous in more ways than one.
11) Watch the lady
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Tudor trilogy volume 03
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"The author of Queen's Gambit and Sisters of Treason presents the story of Penelope Devereux, so beautiful she was the subject of Sir Philip Sidney's greatest love sonnets, so canny that she plotted to influence who would take the throne after Elizabeth I--while helping her brother Essex stay closest to the aging queen's heart"--
12) Jasper
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Inglaterra, 1461: Sir Jasper Tudor, Conde de Pembroke, huye de la masacre de su ejército galés en la Batalla de Mortimer's Cross y planea una rebelión para restaurar a su medio hermano, el rey Henry, en el trono.
Cuando el rey Henry es encerrado en la Torre de Londres por Edward IV, y luego asesinado, Jasper escapa a Bretaña con su joven sobrino, Henry Tudor.
Entonces Jasper encuentra la oportunidad de convertir al joven Henry Tudor en rey,...
13) Owen
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Esta es la primera novela histórica que explora en profundidad la vida de Owen Tudor, abuelo del rey Henry VII y bisabuelo del rey Henry VIII. Enmarcada en el conflicto entre las casas de Lancaster y York, el cual desembocará en la Guerra de las Dos Rosas, la historia de Owen merece ser contada.
14) Henry
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Bosworth 1485. Tras su victoria sobre el rey Richard III, Henry Tudor se convierte en rey de Inglaterra. Rebeldes e impostores conspiran para quitarle el trono. Los barones se oponen a los planes de Henry tendientes a disminuir su poder, y él no está seguro de en quién puede confiar. Su deseo es unir las casa de Lancaster y de York a través de su matrimonio con la bella Elizabeth de York.
Con la ayuda de su madre, lady Margaret Beaufort, consigue...
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