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Author
Series
Queens of England volume 1
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Henriette Maria, wife of Charles I-the English king who lost his head, describes the story of her marriage and her husband's downfall.
Author
Series
Plantagenet saga volume 14
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1983.
Language
English
Description
Describes the intrigues and romances surrounding the reigns of Edward IV and his brother Richard, the last of the Plantagenet kings.
Author
Series
Queens of England volume 3
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
[1985].
Language
English
Description
An historical fiction about the life of Queen Victoria, the daughter of a prince who grew up in genteel poverty; and at the age of eighteen, was crowned Queen of England, a position she held for sixty-four years.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whilst the young King Henry VIII basks in the pageants and games of his glittering court, his doting queen's health and fortunes fade. Henry's affection for his older wife soon strays, and the neglected Katherine decides to use her power as Queen to dangerous foreign advantage. Overseas battles play on Henry's volatile temper, and his defeat in France has changed the good-natured boy Katherine loved into an infamously callous ruler. With no legitimate...
Author
Series
Queens of England volume 2
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
With her perilous path of accession to the throne behind her, Elizabeth the First, the cool-headed young British monarch, must restrain her passion for the dashing courtier Robert Dudley or risk her beloved country's welfare.
Author
Series
Queens of England volume 8
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Offers a fictionalized account of Anne Neville, daughter of the "kingmaker," the Earl of Warwick, who became a pawn of court intrigues and, eventually, Queen through her marriage to Richard III.
Author
Series
Queens of England volume 5
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
An historical fiction about the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, a queen consort of both France and England during the twelfth century and mother of Richard the Lionhearted.
Author
Series
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"The daughter of Henry IV of France, Princess Henrietta Maria, becomes a pawn in a political strategy to stabilize relations between two countries when her father marries her to Charles I of England. Sent abroad, she finds herself living in a Protestant country that views her own faith--Catholicism?with deep suspicion"--Publisher description.
Author
Series
Queens of England novel volume 9
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Charles II is restored to the English throne, and his court is lively and even scandalous. The country is eager for succession to be clear and certain: The next king will be the son of Charles II and his queen, Catherine of Braganza. Yet Catherine, daughter of the king of Portugal and a Catholic, has never been popular with the English people. She is also having great difficulty conceiving an heir, even as many of Charles's well-known mistresses...
Author
Series
Tudor queens volume 7
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Henry VIII's fifth wife, Katherine Howard, was both foolish and unfaithful, and she paid for it with her life. Henry vowed that his sixth wife would be different, and she was. Katherine Parr was twice widowed and thirty-one years old. A thoughtful, well-read lady, she was known at court for her unblemished reputation and her kind heart. She had hoped to marry for love and had set her heart on Thomas Seymour, the dashing brother of Henry's third queen....
Author
Series
Queens of England volume 7
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Katherine of Valois was born a princess, the daughter of King Charles VI of France. But by the time Katherine was old enough to know him, her father had come to be called "Charles the Mad," given to unpredictable fits of insanity. The young princess lived a secluded life, awaiting her father's sane moments and suffering through the mad ones, as her mother took up with her uncle and their futures became more and more uncertain. Katherine's fortunes...
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