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Starless by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou met Achilles and Susanna in Book Two of the Executioner Knights series – and sparks flew! Now, read their endearing and touching love story in ‘Starless’! The third Executioner Knight is in for a world of trouble… Achilles de Dere is a stubborn knight prone to fighting - anywhere, anytime. If there is a punch to be thrown, it's usually from Achilles...Categorized as:
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![The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick]()
The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Son She Loved. The Betrayal She Faced. The Legend She Became. The stunning conclusion to the Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogyImprisoned by her husband. Separated from her children. If King Henry II thought these things would push his queen into submission, he was wrong. Eleanor of Aquitaine refused to give into his tyranny. Freed by his death, she became dowager Queen of England... -
![Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters by Wendy J. Dunn]()
Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters by Wendy J. Dunn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDońa Beatriz Galindo. Respected scholar. Tutor to royalty. Friend and advisor to Queen Isabel of Castile. Beatriz is an uneasy witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel and her husband, Ferdinand, King of Aragon. A Holy War seeing the Moors pushed out of territories ruled by them for centuries. The road for women is a hard one...Categorized as:
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His Lass to Protect by Emma Prince
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo prove herself, she’ll brave anything. To protect her, he’ll risk everything. As the only woman in King Robert the Bruce’s Bodyguard Corps, Mairin Mackenzie is eager to prove herself. When the King proposes a mission to sow the seeds of civil war in England, Mairin jumps at the chance, even though returning there means confronting the nightmarish trauma of her past... -
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![A Marriage of Lions by Elizabeth Chadwick]()
A Marriage of Lions by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEngland, 1238Raised at the court of King Henry III as a chamber lady to the queen, young Joanna of Swanscombe's life changes forever when she comes into an inheritance far above all expectations, including her own... -
![Above All Others by G. Lawrence]()
Above All Others by G. Lawrence
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJune 1527 Anne Boleyn has won the heart of her King. Promised a crown, and a place beside him on the throne of England, Anne's future is dazzling... But her challenges have only just begun. Quickly it becomes apparent there are many opposed to the annulment of Henry's marriage, and to Anne taking Katherine's place as Queen...Categorized as:
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![The Forest and the Flames by G. Lawrence]()
The Forest and the Flames by G. Lawrence
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAutumn, 1066 The Battle of Hastings is done. The struggle for England begins. Matilda, Lady of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy, rules as Regent of Normandy for her husband, Duke William. William has won the Battle of Hastings, but Saxon England does not wish to surrender to him as King. As William sets England to flame, Matilda waits in Normandy for the time to come when she can claim her crown...Categorized as:
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![The Queen's Huntsman by Tanya Anne Crosby]()
The Queen's Huntsman by Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll hope for the future seems lost when Gwendolyn’s prince turns out to be anything but charming. Only now, having united the draig banners, Gwendolyn realizes too late that Loc is not her one true love...Discovering his bride's hair is not gold, Prince Loc reveals his true nature. Ambitious and cruel, he never coveted his ill-favored Cornish Bride... -
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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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![The Sun in Splendour by Juliet Dymoke]()
The Sun in Splendour by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Wars of the Roses are at a decisive stage. On the battlefield, the tide appears to have turned against Edward IV and his Plantagenet dynasty is under threat. At court, his new wife and her ambitious family are undermining his power and advancing their own positions. For those wearing the white rose of York, the future looks bleak... -
![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 Most Dangerous Enemy by G. Lawrence]()
The Most Dangerous Enemy by G. Lawrence
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe witty, wily princess, Elizabeth Tudor has survived the turmoil of her formative years, and finally, is now Queen of England. Rising to the throne on a wave of popularity, Elizabeth is keen to avoid the mistakes of her siblings, and bring England to a new sense of unity and hope. But in the first two years of her reign, Elizabeth will be tested as in no other...Categorized as:
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![Lady in Waiting by Melody Tyden]()
Lady in Waiting by Melody Tyden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs princess of a small, wealthy, medieval kingdom, Cordelia always knew her marriage would be a political matter. She doesn't expect love. All she wants is a husband who will let her continue to pursue her own interests rather than trapping her in an endless cycle of domesticity, but even these small hopes seem dashed when she meets the prince she's expected to marry...Categorized as:
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![The Stolen Crown: The brilliant historical novel of an Empress fighting for her destiny by Carol McGrath]()
The Stolen Crown: The brilliant historical novel of an Empress fighting for her destiny by Carol McGrath
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings' A superb book , illuminating a fascinating and turbulent era . It is the figure of Matilda who rightly commanded the stage in all her power and complexity ' Nicola CornickWhen Empress Matilda is eighteen years old, tragedy strikes the royal family, and she becomes the only child of the king of England - the de facto heir to the throne... -
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![Song of the Heart by Alexa Aston]()
Song of the Heart by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ve dreamed of you since that night—only to awaken to emptiness. Book 1 in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s new Medieval Runaway Wives has arrived. An earl whose wife abandoned him. A woman fleeing an abusive husband. Two damaged souls come together and find love in Alexa Aston’s new historical romance trilogy... -
![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 Sword of Truth by Gilbert Morris]()
The Sword of Truth by Gilbert Morris
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo families--the Wakefields of nobility and the lower-class Morgans--are the focus of this sweeping generational saga, joined by intriguing personalities such as Elizabeth I, William Tyndale, and John Bunyan. Linking the people and events through the ages is the struggle of men and women who sought God as the answer to their difficulties...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 Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson]()
The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen from the author of critically acclaimed Agincourt Bride...Categorized as:
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![A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith]()
A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn A Rose for the Crown, we meet one of history's alleged villains through the eyes of a captivating new heroine -- the woman who was the mother of his illegitimate children, a woman who loved him for who he really was, no matter what the cost to herself... -
![Dawnlands by Philippa Gregory]()
Dawnlands by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt is 1685, England is on the brink of a renewed civil war against the Stuart kings and many families are bitterly divided. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister, Alinor, that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant, Rowan, to join the rebel army. Instead, Alinor has been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege...Categorized as:
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![The King's Grace by Anne Easter Smith]()
The King's Grace by Anne Easter Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe bestselling author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York takes a young woman that history noticed only once and sets her on a quest for the truth about the murder of two boys and a man who claims to be king. All that history knows of Grace Plantagenet is that she was an illegitimate daughter of Edward IV and one of two attendants aboard the funeral barge of his widowed queen... -
![Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy]()
Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne powerful king. Two tragic queens. In the court of Henry VIII, it was dangerous for a woman to catch the king’s eye. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were cousins. Both were beautiful women, though very different in temperament. They each learned that Henry’s passion was all-consuming–and fickle... -
![Courtesan by Diane Haeger]()
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... -
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![Queen of This Realm by Jean Plaidy]()
Queen of This Realm by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this "memoir" by Elizabeth I, legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy reveals the Virgin Queen as she truly was: the bewildered, motherless child of an all-powerful father; a captive in the Tower of London; a shrewd politician; a lover of the arts; and eventually, an icon of an era... -
![Brief Gaudy Hour by Margaret Campbell Barnes]()
Brief Gaudy Hour by Margaret Campbell Barnes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is a wonderful work of historical fiction in which the author weaves gossamer threads of fact and fiction around Anne Boleyn, one of the most intriguing and enigmatic women who ever lived. She was a woman who would change the face of England by holding out for a crown that she would wear for a scant three years... -
![The Kiss of the Concubine: A story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII by Judith Arnopp]()
The Kiss of the Concubine: A story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII by Judith Arnopp
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings28th January 1547.It is almost midnight and the cream of the English nobility hold their breath as King Henry VIII prepares to face his God. As the royal physicians wring their hands and Archbishop Cranmer gallops through the frigid night, two dispossessed princesses pray for their father’s soul and a boy, soon to be king, snivels into his velvet sleeve...Categorized as:
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![Queen Jezebel by Jean Plaidy]()
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 Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr by Sandra Byrd]()
The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr by Sandra Byrd
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe author of To Die For returns to the court of Henry VIII, as a young woman is caught between love and honor. Juliana St. John is the daughter of a prosperous knight in Marlborough. Though her family wants her to marry the son of her father's business partner, circumstances set her on a course toward the court of Henry VIII and his last wife, Kateryn, or Katherine Parr... -
![MY FAIR LADY: A Story of Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's Lost Queen by J.P. Reedman]()
MY FAIR LADY: A Story of Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's Lost Queen by J.P. Reedman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEleanor of Provence, bright, beautiful, intelligent--married as a young girl to the much older Henry III, King of England. A marriage surprisingly happy, with the king pouring wealth upon his young wife's relatives...incurring the wrath of the Barons. Eleanor, devoted mother, who fought the will of the monks to stay in a monastery and nurse her sick son, the future Edward I... -
![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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![The Sun in Splendour by Jean Plaidy]()
The Sun in Splendour by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward the fourth has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kingmaker. But even Warwick's trusted advice cannot convince the King to ignore his passion for the beautiful widow, Elizabeth Woodville - and when she refuses to become his mistress the two are married... -
![The Star of Lancaster by Jean Plaidy]()
The Star of Lancaster by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRichard the Second was losing his hold on the crown and ambitious eyes were turning toward it. Henry of Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, had married the heiress Mary de Bohun and by her had six children, the eldest of whom was Harry of Monmouth.Bolingbroke was exiled by the King but returned to England when Richard confiscated John of Gaunt's estates... -
![Keeper of the King's Secrets by Michelle Diener]()
Keeper of the King's Secrets by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA priceless jewel. A royal court rife with intrigue. A secret deal, where the price of truth could come too high . . . The personal artist to King Henry Tudor, Susanna Horenbout is sought by the queen and ladies of the court for her delicate, skilled portraits. But now someone from her past is pulling her into a duplicitous game where the consequence of failure is war...Categorized as:
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![A Pride of Kings – a captivating tale of love, chivalry and betrayal in Plantagenet England by Juliet Dymoke]()
A Pride of Kings – a captivating tale of love, chivalry and betrayal in Plantagenet England by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCondemned by King Stephen. Loved by King Henry. Honoured by King Richard. Betrayed by King John. For William Marshall, the greatest knight of the realm, serving royalty is an unpredictable business. * * * Having survived the threat of beheading from Stephen as a child, Marshall rises from nothing to a place in court serving King Henry II...Categorized as:
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![The Tudor Crown by Joanna Hickson]()
The Tudor Crown by Joanna Hickson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA compelling novel of the Tudors from the best-selling author of The Agincourt Bride.The thrilling story of the first Tudor king, Henry VII and his fight for England’s crown.Henry Tudor’s rise to the throne of England is one of the most eventful and thrilling episodes from England’s royal history...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... -
![Midwyf: Liza by Valerie Levy]()
Midwyf: Liza by Valerie Levy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe year is 1339. Liza’s midwifery skills are needed by the inhabitants of Hollingham. Knowing this keeps the lonely old woman going, together with the occasional ‘trip’ to her long dead husband and children. But she makes one mistake, and the villagers begin to suspect she is using occult spells to harm them. She tries desperately to regain their trust, but time is running short... -
![Born in the Purple by Dora Ilieva]()
Born in the Purple by Dora Ilieva
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe year is 1095. Pope Urban II has announced the beginning of the First Crusade. Knights from all corners of the Holy Roman Empire ride towards the Queen of all Cities - the gem of Byzantium and the most magnificent and breathtaking metropolis in the world. Constantinople is the city of Emperor Alexios Komnenos and his daughter, Anna - a woman ahead of her time... -
![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... -
![Gilded Cages: The Trials of Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Novel by Ellen Jones]()
Gilded Cages: The Trials of Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Novel by Ellen Jones
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe long-awaited follow-up to The Fatal Crown and Beloved Enemy Set against the splendor and scheming of the Middle Ages, this enthralling historical novel brings to life the magnificent Eleanor of Aquitaine, a woman far ahead of her time and one of history’s most extraordinary queens Tumultuous. Passionate. Timeless... -
![Lady of the Garter by Juliet Dymoke]()
Lady of the Garter by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung, rich and arrestingly beautiful, it is Joan of Kent's destiny to shape the future of the Plantagenet crown. Wilful and stubborn, while still a just girl Joan defies the wishes of her father and her king, Edward III, that she marry the influential William de Montacute, and instead weds in secret to another man... -
![The Lady in the Tower by Jean Plaidy]()
The Lady in the Tower by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne of history's most complex and alluring women comes to life in this classic novel by the legendary Jean Plaidy. Young Anne Boleyn was not beautiful but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to learn sophistication, and then to court to marry well and raise the family's fortunes... -
![Daughter of York by Anne Easter Smith, Rosalyn Landor]()
Daughter of York by Anne Easter Smith, Rosalyn Landor
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHistory tells us that the intelligent, wealthy, and powerful Margaret of York had everything any woman could want, except for love. The acclaimed author of A Rose for the Crown takes us between the lines of history and into her heart.It is 1461... -
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![The Concubine by Norah Lofts]()
The Concubine by Norah Lofts
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe younger daughter of Tom Boleyn lacked the bounteous charms of most ladies of court. The King first noticed her when she was 16 - and with imperial greed he smashed her youthful love-affair with Harry Percy and began the process of royal seduction. But this was no ordinary woman, no maid-in-waiting to be possessed... -
![The King's Concubine: A Novel of Alice Perrers by Anne O'Brien]()
The King's Concubine: A Novel of Alice Perrers by Anne O'Brien
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA child born in the plague year of 1348, abandoned and raised within the oppressive walls of a convent, Alice Perrers refused to take the veil, convinced that a greater destiny awaited her. Ambitious and quick witted, she rose above her obscure beginnings to become the infamous mistress of Edward III. But always, essentially, she was alone.. -
![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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![My Lady of Cleves by Margaret Campbell Barnes]()
My Lady of Cleves by Margaret Campbell Barnes
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWritten by world-reknowned historical novelist Margaret Campbell Barnes, My Lady of Cleves gives readers an intimate portrait of the warm, unpretentious princess who never expected to become Queen of England... -
![The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot]()
The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPatient, perfect, and used to being first, Marguerite becomes Queen of France. But Louis IX is a religious zealot who denies himself the love and companionship his wife craves. Can she borrow enough of her sister's boldness to grasp her chance for happiness in a forbidden love?Passionate, strong-willed, and stubborn, Eleanor becomes Queen of England. Henry III is a good man, but not a good king... -
![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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