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The Moonstone Pirate: A Regency Historical Romance by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Moonstone Landing, where moonstones shimmer beneath the sea and a pirate’s heart is about to be captured with true love’s kiss. Lady Imogen Stockwell is convinced her handsome new neighbor, Draco Waring, Earl of Woodley is a pirate...Categorized as:
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![The Catherine Howard Conspiracy by Alexandra Walsh]()
The Catherine Howard Conspiracy by Alexandra Walsh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA timeshift thriller that will have you completely gripped! Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Philippa Gregory, Kate Mosse and Tom Harper...Categorized as:
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![Return to Ithaca by Glyn Iliffe]()
Return to Ithaca by Glyn Iliffe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe thrilling final instalment of the epic and bestselling Adventures of Odysseus Odysseus has been to Hell and back. Deserted by the Gods, and now in bitter conflict with his friend Eperitus, times look bleak. He dreams of returning to his home; to Ithaca. But back on Ithaca things look little better...Categorized as:
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FitzDuncan by John Spearman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhat if saving the girl could cost you your life?Introducing Casimir “Caz” FitzDuncan, a resident of the medieval kingdom of Aquileia. He makes his living retrieving things when the law will not help.A woman has come to him, seeking his assistance in escaping a contract to marry a nobleman with a foul reputation. After their meeting, she is kidnapped not far from his residence...Categorized as:
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![Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon]()
Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHistorical Romance Large Print Edition For Ang lique, 17th-century Paris is a city of wild love and vicious hatred. Penniless, alone and sworn to take revenge on those who were responsible for her husband s death, she plunges into the dangerous underworld of the city to the nightmare Court of Miracles, a world of deformity, degradation, violence and lust...Categorized as:
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![The Voyage of Odysseus by Glyn Iliffe]()
The Voyage of Odysseus by Glyn Iliffe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOdysseus’s greatest challenge is only just beginning The armies of Troy have been defeated and the city lies in ruins. His oath fulfilled, Odysseus can at last sail for Ithaca and the long-awaited reunion with his family. But the gods, who were once his allies, have turned against him.Exiled with the warrior Eperitus, he is thrust into a world of seductive demi-gods and man-eating monsters...Categorized as:
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Insurgency by S.J.A. Turney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA forbidden love. A daring escape. A gathering storm.Forty years have passed since the Empire was restored. Emperor Kiva the Golden, his wife Jala Parishid, and his brother Marshal Quintillian have together overseen decades of peace and prosperity, a time when the horrors of the civil war could begin to fade from memory.But nothing can last forever... -
![The Oracles of Troy by Glyn Iliffe]()
The Oracles of Troy by Glyn Iliffe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe siege of Troy has reached its tenth year without an end in sight. Helen remains safe behind the city walls, sharing her lover’s bed while Menelaus, the husband she abandoned, rages without, desperate for revenge and yet impotent against the stalemate imposed by the gods...Categorized as:
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![Secrets Between Lovers by Charlie Lane]()
Secrets Between Lovers by Charlie Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUncovering secrets can be dangerous. She has no other choice. Lady Maggie’s dowry is gone, her family’s estate is in disrepair, and each new work of art her parents purchase lead them closer to bankruptcy. They’re all headed for ruination unless she can use the yearly house party her parents host to discover secrets and spin them into gold...Categorized as:
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![The Forgotten Prince by Tanya Anne Crosby]()
The Forgotten Prince by Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"... an epic story. Tanya breathes life into this timeless tale of love and betrayal, blurring the lines of fantasy and history. —Jeff Wheeler, Wall Street Journal bestselling authorMálik Danann reveals his true self... and his true heart. But even with a Fae Prince by her side, Gwendolyn of Cornwall is not assured victory against Locrinus, the Usurper... -
![The Colonists by Jack Cavanaugh]()
The Colonists by Jack Cavanaugh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the years before America became a nation, new generations were born to the Puritans, men and women historians have called the Colonists. The untimely death of Benjamin Morgan, great-grandson of Drew Morgan, has splintered his Boston family into feuding factions... -
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Songbird by Karen Heenan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBess has the voice of an angel, or so Henry VIII declares when he buys her from her father. As a member of the Music, the royal company of minstrels, Bess grows up within the decadent Tudor court, navigating the ever-changing tide of royals and courtiers. Friends come and go as cracked voices, politics, heartbreak, and death loom over even the lowliest of musicians...Categorized as:
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![Scholar's Plot (Knight and Rogue) by Hilari Bell]()
Scholar's Plot (Knight and Rogue) by Hilari Bell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was done with being a squire… When squire Fisk quarreled with his knight errant, Michael Sevenson, neither of them wanted to meet again. So of course, just six weeks later they find themselves in side-by-side cells, when Michael is accused of murdering the man who got his brother Benton fired from the university... -
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Consuming Fire by Kathleen Morgan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the Scottish Highlands in 1694, this epic novel tells the gripping story of one woman's struggle to find true freedom and love. Deceived by her father and betrayed by the man she loved, Maggie Robertson must turn to God for refuge...Categorized as:
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![Love in a Mist by Patricia Grasso]()
Love in a Mist by Patricia Grasso
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeely Glendower, a homeless pagan priestess, and England's wealthiest earl, Richard Deveraux, discover a passion and a secret that could destroy them both in sixteenth-century Wales and England...Categorized as:
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![The Girl from Oto by Amy Maroney]()
The Girl from Oto by Amy Maroney
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“An exquisite novel.” Martha Conway, author of Thieving Forest A Renaissance-era woman artist and an American scholar. Linked by a 500-year-old mystery… The secrets of the past are irresistible—and dangerous. 1500: Born during a time wracked by war and plague, Renaissance-era artist Mira grows up in a Pyrenees convent believing she is an orphan...Categorized as:
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![Angelique and the Ghosts by Sergeanne Golon]()
Angelique and the Ghosts by Sergeanne Golon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's one of the most ravished and ravishing heroines in the history of fiction. Her stormy adventures have taken her from the gutters of Paris to the harems of Africa to the silken prison of a king. Angelique has loved, intrigued, hated and fought her way into the hearts of millions of readers all over the world...Categorized as:
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![Circle Of Pearls by Rosalind Laker]()
Circle Of Pearls by Rosalind Laker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA family saga set in Sussex and spanning the turbulent period of history from the Civil War to the Restoration and the Great Fire of London. The author's previous books include "This Shining Land", "The Silver Touch" and "To Dance with Kings"...Categorized as:
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![Pour the Dark Wine by Dinah Lampitt]()
Pour the Dark Wine by Dinah Lampitt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Pour The Dark Wine, Dinah Lampitt again shows her ability to interweave fact and fiction to create an historical novel of impact and passion. The story of the rise and fall of the Seymours was dramatic in its own right and her imaginative skills and impeccable research cast new light on one of the most exciting periods in English history... -
![The Painter's Apprentice: A Novel of 16th-Century Venice (Venetian Artisans) by Laura Morelli]()
The Painter's Apprentice: A Novel of 16th-Century Venice (Venetian Artisans) by Laura Morelli
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWould you rather sacrifice your livelihood, your lover, or your life? When the Black Death comes knocking on your door, you'd better decide quickly. Venice, 1510. Maria Bartolini wants nothing more than to carry on her father’s legacy as a master gilder. Instead, her father has sent her away from the only home she’s ever known to train as an apprentice to Master Trevisan, a renowned painter...Categorized as:
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![The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1501: Henry VIII Paul, great-grandson of Elanor Morland, has inherited the Morland estates, and his own Amyas is set to be his heir. But Paul fathers a beloved illigitimate son, and bitter jealousy causes a destructive rift between the two half-brothers which will lead to death... -
![The Lady Carey by Anne R. Bailey]()
The Lady Carey by Anne R. Bailey
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“The King will decide what is treason...” These are words Catherine Carey has heard before, and they’ve always led to the block. As a girl, she saw her aunt, Anne Boleyn, go to the scaffold. Now she might see yet another Queen suffer the same fate. She has to decide. To serve her mistress would be treason, to abandon her would mean the doom of a good lady...Categorized as:
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![The Tokaido Road by Lucia St. Clair Robson]()
The Tokaido Road by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter the execution of her father, the young and beautiful Lady Asano is in grave danger from the powerful Lord Kira. In order to save herself Asano must find Oishi, the leader of the fighting men of her clan. She believes he is three hundred miles to the southwest in the imperial city of Kyoto...Categorized as:
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![Blaze Wyndham by Bertrice Small]()
Blaze Wyndham by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling "resigning queen of romance" (Literary Times), comes a love story on a grand scale, featuring an innocent country girl who catches the eye of the most powerful man in England-and filled with all the sensuality, drama, and thrilling intrigues of Henry Tudor's glittering sixteenth century court..Categorized as:
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![The Shepherdess of Siena by Linda Lafferty]()
The Shepherdess of Siena by Linda Lafferty
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRaised by her aunt and uncle amidst the rolling hills of the Tuscan countryside, young orphan Virginia Tacci has always harbored a deep love for horses—though she knows she may never have the chance to ride. As a shepherdess in sixteenth-century Italy, Virginia’s possibilities are doubly limited by her peasant class and her gender... -
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Rosamund by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRosamund Bolton is the heiress to the manor of Friarsgate in the wild Cumbrian border between England and Scotland. More than a splendid inheritance, Friarsgate will chart the fate of the orphaned beauty widowed at a precious young age... -
![Traitor by Rory Clements]()
Traitor by Rory Clements
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Elizabethan navy has a secret weapon: an optical instrument so powerful it gives England unassailable superiority at sea. Spain will stop at nothing to steal it and seize the two men who understand its secrets - its operative William Ivory, known as the 'Queen's Eye', and its inventor, the maverick magician Dr Dee...Categorized as:
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Courtesan by Diane Haeger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmid the disapproving gossip of the Court, a royal romance defies all obstacles. The Court of François I is full of lust, intrigue, and bawdy bon tempsâ��a different world from the quiet country life Diane de Poitiers led with her elderly husband...Categorized as:
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![The Words in My Hand by Guinevere Glasfurd]()
The Words in My Hand by Guinevere Glasfurd
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Words in My Hand is the re-imagined true story of Helena Jans, a Dutch maid in 17th-century Amsterdam, who works for Mr. Sergeant, the English bookseller. When a mysterious and reclusive lodger arrives - the Monsieur - Mr Sergeant insists everything must be just so. It transpires that the Monsieur is René Descartes...Categorized as:
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![A Famine of Horses by P.F. Chisholm, Patricia Finney]()
A Famine of Horses by P.F. Chisholm, Patricia Finney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the year 1592, Sir Robert Carey comes north to Carlisle to take up his new post. He has wangled his appointment to be nearer his true love. And of course, he can use the money....Rich in atmosphere and packed with vivid real and fictional characters, few novels are as well imagined or as much fun as this romp through roguish courtiers, rival gangs, rustling, treason, and high ambition... -
![Angelique and the Demon by Anne Golon]()
Angelique and the Demon by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAngélique is denied the peace of mind she has longed for when the beautiful but unsettling Ambrosine, Duchess de Maudriborg, and her entourage of King's girls are shipwrecked on the shores of Goldsboro.She is threatened by strange forces and by a mysterious band of pale strangers creating discord and mayhem in the region...Categorized as:
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![Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey by Adrienne Dillard]()
Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey by Adrienne Dillard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dream was always the same … the scaffold before me. I stared on in horror as the sword sliced my aunt's head from her swan-like neck. The executioner raised her severed head into the air by its long chestnut locks. The last thing I remembered before my world turned black was my own scream... -
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Queen Jezebel by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe ageing Catherine de' Medici has arranged the marriage of her beautiful Catholic daughter Margot to the uncouth Huguenot King Henry of Navarre. Margot, still desperately in love with Henry de Guise, refuses to utter her vows. But even Catherine is unable to anticipate the carnage that this unholy union is to bring about.. -
![The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie]()
The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the final installment of Sally Christie’s “tantalizing” (New York Daily News) Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer...Categorized as:
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![Like Chaff in the Wind by Anna Belfrage]()
Like Chaff in the Wind by Anna Belfrage
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatthew Graham committed the mistake of his life when he cut off his brother’s nose – however much he deserved it. In revenge, Luke Graham has Matthew abducted and transported to the Colony of Virginia, there to be sold as indentured labour – a death sentence more or less...Categorized as:
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![Dark Empress by S.J.A. Turney]()
Dark Empress by S.J.A. Turney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe nomads of the southern deserts have a saying: “When something is broken it should never be discarded. So long as the pieces remains, the whole can be remade.”A time of trials, war and terror is coming to the desert city of M’Dahz, the Empire’s southernmost outpost. As Imperial power falters, then withdraws, the population lives in constant fear of invasion by vicious Pelasian satraps... -
![Sword and Sorceress XVII by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Warwick Goble]()
Sword and Sorceress XVII by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Warwick Goble
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE STRENGTH OF WOMENCan a young witch survive when summoned to intervene in a marital spat between angry gods?When a Seeker of Truth discovers a terrible tragedy, will she choose to uphold her vows of honesty, or will she withhold evidence to protect her community?Will a girl with the ability to manipulate metals be able to free herself from the shackles of an abusive father?Can a princess...Categorized as:
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![The High Crown Chronicles by Jodi Gallegos]()
The High Crown Chronicles by Jodi Gallegos
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a crown is at stake, blood will be shed…The High Crown Chronicles is cinematic storytelling at its best. With stunning imagery, dynamic characters, and a slow-burn romance, Jodi Gallegos has built a fantastical world...Categorized as:
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![The Braeswood Tapestry by Robyn Carr]()
The Braeswood Tapestry by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe enemy of your enemy is…your lover?A peasant farm girl has no place consorting with feuding lords, yet that’s exactly what Jocelyn Cutler sets out to do. Now Jocelyn finds herself trapped between the tyrannical Lord Kerr, and the dangerous rogue, Sir Trent Wescott... -
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Elizabeth I by Margaret George
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Margaret George captures history's most enthralling queen-as she confronts rivals to her throne and to her heart...Categorized as:
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![Trial of Bronze and Blood by M.K. Deoradhán]()
Trial of Bronze and Blood by M.K. Deoradhán
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGladiator meets Heartless Hunter meets Bloodguard in this new adult fantasy romance.Four deadly trials will reunite them. One secret will tear them apart.When a mission goes wrong and ends with her best friend dead, Drusilla Valerius is rescued by someone she never expected to see again: Marcus Scaevola. The only man she’s ever cared for—the man who spurned her feelings six years ago... -
![The Players by Minette Walters]()
The Players by Minette Walters
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA gripping tale of compassion, imposture, trickery and surprising alliances set against the backdrop of The Bloody Assizes, from the bestselling author of The Last Hours and The Swift and the Harrier.The much-anticipated sequel to The Swift and The HarrierEngland, 1685...Categorized as:
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![The Queen's Rival by Diane Haeger]()
The Queen's Rival by Diane Haeger
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the author of The Queen's Mistake comes the untold story of King Henry VIII's first well-known mistress. As the beautiful daughter of courtiers, Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount is overjoyed when she secures a position as maid of honor to Katherine of Aragon. But when she captures the attention of the king himself, there are whispers that the queen ought to be worried for her throne...Categorized as:
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![The Virgin's Daughters: In the Court of Elizabeth I by Jeane Westin]()
The Virgin's Daughters: In the Court of Elizabeth I by Jeane Westin
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe story of Elizabeth I, as it's never been told before-through the eyes of two ladies-in-waiting closest to her... In a court filled with repressed sexual longing, scandal, and intrigue, Lady Katherine Grey is Elizabeth's most faithful servant... -
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![In the Shadow of the Crown by Jean Plaidy]()
In the Shadow of the Crown by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs Henry VIII's only child, the future seemed golden for Princess Mary. She was the daughter of Henry's first queen, Katharine of Aragon, and was heir presumptive to the throne of England. Red-haired like her father, she was also intelligent and deeply religious like her staunchly Catholic mother. But her father's ill-fated love for Anne Boleyn would shatter Mary's life forever... -
![A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Laurien Gardner]()
A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Laurien Gardner
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYoung Anne Boleyn entranced the most powerful man of his time, King Henry VIII. But she would not yield to him unless he offered her marriage and the Crown. To win her, Henry would challenge the powers of Heaven--and create upheaval on Earth...Categorized as:
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![The Madonna of the Almonds by Marina Fiorato]()
The Madonna of the Almonds by Marina Fiorato
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook by Marina...Categorized as:
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![The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts]()
The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKatharine of Aragon was a proud Spanish beauty who became Queen of England. From the moment of Katharine's betrothal to Arthur, Prince of Wales, she looked upon herself as the future Queen of England. Arthur died just after their marriage and it was as the wife of his brother, Henry VIII, that she went to her coronation... -
![To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Christy English]()
To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Christy English
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe author of "The Queen's Pawn" delves into the early life of the legendary Eleanor of Aquitaine in her new historical novel. After her father's sudden death, fifteen-year-old Eleanor is quickly crowned Duchess of Aquitaine and betrothed to King Louis VII. When her new husband cannot pronounce her given name, Alienor becomes Eleanor, Queen of France... -
![King's Fool: A Notorious King, His Six Wives, and the One Man Who Knew All Their Secrets by Margaret Campbell Barnes]()
King's Fool: A Notorious King, His Six Wives, and the One Man Who Knew All Their Secrets by Margaret Campbell Barnes
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen country lad Will Somers lands himself the plum position of jester to the mercurial King Henry VIII, he has no idea that he's just been handed a front-row seat to history. With a seat near the throne and an ear to the floor, Somers witnesses firsthand the dizzying power struggles and sly scheming that marked the reign of the fiery Tudor king...Categorized as:
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