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Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Crème de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
January, 1576. Widow Ursula Blanchard is in no position to refuse when Sir Francis Walsingham decides she must wed Count Gilbert Renard in order to build a strategic alliance with the French. Soon after the count arrives at her country home to pay court, one of Ursula's household staff is found dead. An accident - or something more sinister?
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Crème de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When her manservant is arrested for the murder of a neighbor, Ursula is determined to prove his innocence, but after a second death occurs, her investigation draws Ursula into matters of espionage and affairs of state.
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Ursula knows it can be treacherous easing herself into the petty foibles at court, but now, having once saved the Virgin Queen from political disaster, she faces an even greater challenge. Some of Ursula's old acquaintances may be plotting to overthrow Elizabeth in favor of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the re-establishment of the Catholic faith. Ardent, some would say fanatical, believers will stop at nothing--smuggling, counterfeiting, civil war, perhaps...
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Ursula Blanchard is the essence of iron cloaked in velvet -- a heroine to reckon with, said Kirkus Reviews of Fiona Buckley's intrepid sleuth. And the sharp-witted Lady of the Presence Chamber will need every ounce of her courage if she is to carry out her latest mission on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I without betraying her own heart.Eager for a respite from intrigue and moral ambiguities, Ursula agrees to travel to France to help her first husband's...
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
"Still loyal to her royal mistress but needing to be with her French husband, Matthew de la Roche, Ursula begins to build a new life for herself at Matthew's chateau. She loves Matthew, although she longs desperately for her little girl, Meg, left behind in England. But when Meg's passage is finally arranged, the child is missing."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Fiona Buckley, acclaimed for the historical accuracy and riveting storytelling of her Ursula Blanchard mysteries at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, returns with a glorious new novel set in the summer of 1564. Ursula and her small daughter, Meg, are at their Sussex manor house, Withysham, when Ursula is summoned to court. The queen will soon set out on a Royal Progress to Cambridge, the university town known for its Protestant sympathies. Accompanied...
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
When the powerful Duke of Norfolk arranges a marriage between her daughter and an unsuitable man, Ursula Blanchard, a half-sister to Elizabeth I, uncovers a plot to overthrow the queen and begins to spy on one of the conspirators.
Author
Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In 1568 Ursula Blanchard is recalled to the service of her half-sister Queen Elizabeth. She is to remove Penelope Mason, her inappropriately flirtatious protege, from court & find the disgraced girl a husband. She is also to deliver a secret warning to Elizabeth's arch-rival, Mary, Queen of Scots. Gradually, Ursula comes to understand the true delicacy & danger of this mission. Mary is a fugitive queen & a "guest" in northern England's daunting Bolton...
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