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The Queen's Fool (Large Print)

by Phillippa Gregory

Published: 2005

Hardcover: 776 pages

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The bitter enmity between Elizabeth the First and Mary Tudor, the daughters of Henry VIII (not to mention the conflict between their mothers Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon) makes the squabbles between modern-day royals seem small beer indeed. This is particularly clear after reading something as...

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The Queen's Fool: A Novel

by Philippa Gregory

Published: 2004-02-04

Paperback: 512 pages

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#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory weaves a spellbinding tale of a young woman with the ability to see the future in an era when destiny was anything but clear.Winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen...

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The Queen's Gamble

by Barbara Kyle

Published: 2011-09-01

Paperback: 448 pages

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Young Queen Elizabeth I's path to the throne has been a perilous one, and already she faces a dangerous crisis. French troops have landed in Scotland to quell a rebel Protestant army, and Elizabeth fears once they are entrenched on the border, they will invade England.Isabel Thornleigh has...

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The Queen's Governess

by Karen Harper

Published: 2011-08-02

Paperback: 384 pages

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The national bestselling author of Mistress Shakespeare delivers the epic tale of Elizabeth I's most trusted companion-a commoner who lived among royals... Katherine Ashley, the clever, beguiling daughter of a poor country beekeeper, catches the attention of powerful, ambitious Thomas Cro...

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The Queen's Lady

by Barbara Kyle

Published: 2008-08-01

Paperback: 500 pages

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London, 1527. Marry or serve: for Honor Larke, the choice is clear. Unwilling to perish of boredom as an obedient wife, she leaves the home of her ward, the brilliant Sir Thomas More, to attend Her Majesty, Queen Catherine of Aragon. But life at Henry VIII's court holds more than artifice ...

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The Queen's Lover: A Novel

by Francine du Plessix Gray

Published: 2012-06-14

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Historical fiction of the highest order, The Queen's Lover reveals the untold love affair between Swedish aristocrat Count Axel Von Fersen and Marie Antoinette  The Queen's Lover begins at a masquerade ball in Paris in 1774, when the dashing Swedish nobleman Count Axel Von Fersen first me...

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Queen's Man

by Sharon Penman

Published: 2005-01-27

Paperback: 320 pages

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England, 1193: a land rife with rumours about the fate of its missing king. Justin de Quincy travels from Winchester to London. With a promise to a dying man, he is plunged into the conspiracy surrounding the disappearence of Richard the Lionheart, and under oath to reveal the truth to the...

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The Queen's Secret: A Novel (Queens of England)

by Jean Plaidy

Published: 2007-04-24

Paperback: 416 pages

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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, await...

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The Queen's Dollmaker

by Christine Trent

Published: 2010-01-01

Paperback: 384 pages

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On the brink of revolution, with a tide of hate turned against the decadent royal court, France is in turmoil - as is the life of one young woman forced to leave her beloved Paris. After a fire destroys her home and family, Claudette Laurent is struggling to survive in London. But one precious gift remains:...