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Tudor Court Series 6 books The Boleyn Inheritance / The Other Boleyn Girl / The Other Queen / The Constant Princess / The Virgins Lover / The Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPhilippa Gregory Tudor Court Novels 6 Books Collection Set Titles in the Set are The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl ,The Boleyn Inheritance, The Virgin's Lover, The Other Queen and The Queen's Fool... -
![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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![Tante le Desiree by J.P. Reedman]()
Tante le Desiree by J.P. Reedman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, PART ONE : TANT LE DESIREE (I have desired it so much.) 1471 : THE BATTLE OF BARNET.He is eighteen.It is his first battle. He is wounded…he is Richard of Gloucester, the King’s youngest brother. With the Kingmaker slain, Richard and his brother Edward IV go on to ultimate victory at Tewkesbury... -
![Of the Ring of Earls by Juliet Dymoke]()
Of the Ring of Earls by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarold lies dead, William of Normandy stands victorious: it’s 1066 and England is conquered. For Waltheof of Huntington and his fellow survivors of the Battle of Hastings, there is a simple choice: submit to this new foreign king, or die at the gallows. Follow the heart; or follow the head... -
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![Henry of the High Rock by Juliet Dymoke]()
Henry of the High Rock by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor twenty-one years, William the Conqueror had ruled England with an iron fist but his sudden death leaves the country in turmoil. For his youngest son, Henry, life is set to become very precarious... -
![KIN OF CAIN by Matthew Harffy]()
KIN OF CAIN by Matthew Harffy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAD 630. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical tale set in the world of The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Winter grips the land in its icy fist. Terror stalks the hills, moors and marshes of Bernicia. Livestock and men have been found ripped asunder, their bones gnawed, flesh gorged upon... -
![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... -
![Le Temps Viendra: A Novel of Anne Boleyn, Volume I by Sarah Morris]()
Le Temps Viendra: A Novel of Anne Boleyn, Volume I by Sarah Morris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnne is a young, 21st century woman in the midst of a lifelong love affair with the 16th Century and the enigmatic Anne Boleyn... -
![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... -
![A Man Who Would Be King: The Duke of Buckingham and Richard III by J.P. Reedman]()
A Man Who Would Be King: The Duke of Buckingham and Richard III by J.P. Reedman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA MAN WHO WOULD BE KING : The Duke of Buckingham and Richard III November 2 1483. As Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingam stands on the scaffold of Salisbury Market Square, accused of high treason, he reflects on his life during the turbulent era of the Wars of the Roses... -
![The Wallace by Nigel Tranter]()
The Wallace by Nigel Tranter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWilliam Wallace -- a man of violent passions and unquenchable spirit, the natural leader of a proud race. — Scotland at the end of the 13th century was a blood-torn country under the harsh domination of a tyrant usurper, the hated Plantagenet, Edward Longshanks. During the appalling violence of those unsettled days one man rose as leader of the Scots. That man was William Wallace... -
![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 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... -
![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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![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... -
![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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![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... -
![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 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 Rose of Middleham by Christina Smee]()
The Rose of Middleham by Christina Smee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a young blacksmith’s daughter arrives at Middleham Castle in the north of England little did she know that it was here that she would meet and fall in love with one of the most powerful and enigmatic men of the Fifteenth Century... -
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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 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... -
![The Lion of Mortimer by Juliet Dymoke]()
The Lion of Mortimer by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWeak in battle, powerless at court and absent in the bedroom: the English crown has rarely sat less easily than on the head of Edward II. Inheriting the Plantagenet throne in a powerful position, Edward needs a wife to continue the dynasty – but the beautiful, charming Isabella fails to stir his heart like his close friend Piers Gaveston... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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.. -
![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 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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![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... -
![Royal Mistress: A Novel by Anne Easter Smith]()
Royal Mistress: A Novel by Anne Easter Smith
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York comes another engrossing historical novel of the York family in the Wars of the Roses, telling the fascinating story of the rise and fall of the final and favorite mistress of Edward IV.Jane Lambert, the quick-witted and alluring daughter of a silk merchant, is twenty-two and still unmarried... -
![Queen Defiant: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Anne O'Brien]()
Queen Defiant: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Anne O'Brien
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA riveting novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine's early adult years from the author of The Virgin Widow. Orphaned at a young age, Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, seeks a strong husband to keep her hold on the vast lands that have made her the most powerful heiress in Europe... -
![Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth]()
Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of The King's Daughter comes a story of love and defiance during the War of the Roses. It is 1497. The news of the survival of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, has set royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocked the fledgling Tudor dynasty... -
![The Uncrowned Queen by Posie Graeme-Evans]()
The Uncrowned Queen by Posie Graeme-Evans
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe thrilling climax to the trilogy that began with The Innocent and The Exiled brings Posie Graeme-Evans's bittersweet story of two lovers divided by the throne of England to its dramatic conclusion. As England tears itself apart in the War of the Roses, Anne de Bohun lives far from the intrigues of cities and courts...Categorized as:
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![The Rose of York: Crown of Destiny by Sandra Worth]()
The Rose of York: Crown of Destiny by Sandra Worth
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFifteenth century England is a dangerous place as the Wars of the Roses rage and the passions of a few determine the fate of a nation.After Edward IV's death in 1483, his detested queen Elizabeth Woodville makes a grab for power in court rotten with intrigue. To avert civil war, Richardof Gloucester must betray his royal brother's secret, for which another brother has already died... -
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![The Rose of York: Fall from Grace by Sandra Worth]()
The Rose of York: Fall from Grace by Sandra Worth
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWorth (Houston, Texas), winner of numerous writing awards, researched the Wars of the Roses for ten years, lectures regularly, and is a member of U.S., Canada, and England Richard III societies... -
![The Lady of the Ravens: a gripping historical fiction novel from the author of bestsellers like The Agincourt Bride by Joanna Hickson]()
The Lady of the Ravens: a gripping historical fiction novel from the author of bestsellers like The Agincourt Bride by Joanna Hickson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘A fascinating portrait of the women who helped make a dynasty’ The Times‘Bewitching’ Woman Home‘Evocative’ Woman’s WeeklyTwo women, two very different destinies, drawn together in the shadow of the Tower of London:Elizabeth of York, her life already tainted by dishonour and tragedy, now queen to the first Tudor king, Henry the VII... -
![The Silken Rose: Beware the She-Wolf from Provence ... by Carol McGrath]()
The Silken Rose: Beware the She-Wolf from Provence ... by Carol McGrath
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey called her the She-Wolf From Provence. She'd shape the destiny of England ..Categorized as:
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![At the King's Pleasure by Kate Emerson]()
At the King's Pleasure by Kate Emerson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe fourth novel in Kate Emerson’s well-reviewed series set in Tudor England—based on a real life member of the royal court of Henry VIII...Categorized as:
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![His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester by Jeane Westin]()
His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester by Jeane Westin
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne of the greatest loves of all time-between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley-comes to life in this vivid novel. They were playmates as children, impetuous lovers as adults-and for thirty years were the center of each others' lives... -
![The Battle of the Queens by Jean Plaidy]()
The Battle of the Queens by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first half of the thirteenth century is dominated by two women, as proud and ambitious as they were beautiful, yet different in all other qualities. Isabella is flamboyant and passionate, a medieval Helen of Troy - wife to King John and mother to Henry III...Blanche of Castile is the serene and virtuous Queen of France, wife of Louis VIII and mother of Louis IX..
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