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Series
Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory) volume 1
Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes the remarkable story of Katherine of Aragon, Princess of Spain, daughter of two great monarchs, and eventual Queen of England when she marries the infamous King Henry VIII.
Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and...
Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and...
Author
Series
Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory) volume 3
Language
English
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Description
From "the queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) comes this New York Times bestseller featuring three very different women whose fates are each bound by a bloody curse: the legacy of the Boleyn family.
After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII of England decides to take a new wife, but this time, not for love. The Boleyn Inheritance follows three women whose lives are forever changed because of the...
After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII of England decides to take a new wife, but this time, not for love. The Boleyn Inheritance follows three women whose lives are forever changed because of the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to see her son Henry on the throne of England, pious Margaret Beaufort arranges politically advantageous marriages, sends her son out of the country for his safety, and lays secret plans for a battle between the houses of York and Lancaster.
Author
Series
Cousins' war volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling gaze of his mother, Margaret Beaufort.
Author
Series
Emma of Normandy volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A follow-up to Shadow on the Crown finds reluctant queen Emma of Normandy forging dubious alliances to protect her children and her crown in the early 11th century while her beleaguered husband governs through brutal policies.
15) The white queen
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In this account of the wars of the Plantagenets, a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition, Elizabeth Woodville, catches the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing princes in the Tower of London whose...
Author
Series
Emma of Normandy volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Marrying the much-older king of England in the year 1002, 16-year-old Emma of Normandy is surrounded by a treacherous court and regarded as a threat by her husband before drawing on her wits and independent spirit to gain a few friends and protect her station, a situation that is complicated by her love for another man.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the notorious and charismatic English queen Isabella of France describes her marriage to the English king Edward II, the king's homosexual affairs, her flight back to France, and her alliance with her husband's arch-enemy, Roger Mortimer, with whom she launched a revolution that forced Edward II to abdicate and placed her son Edward III on the throne.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth has reigned since 1953, and while there are palaces galore, the crown jewels, and trips around the world, her life has been one of strict discipline and duty. This riveting chronicle follows the life of a woman who is a public figure and an intensely private person and explores how she has kept the monarchy together through good times and bad.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
The true story for fans of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen—a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
THE NEW YORK TIMES...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
THE NEW YORK TIMES...
20) Elizabeth
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Film based on the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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