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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... -
![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... -
![Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 1 by Philippa Gregory]()
Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 1 by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of THE WHITE QUEEN, now a hit BBC TV production - the first three novels of her Tudor Court series: THE CONSTANT PRINCESS, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, THE BOLEYN INHERITANCETHE CONSTANT PRINCESS tells the story of Henry VIII’s first wife, Katherine of Aragon, the Spanish princess raised to be Queen of England and first brought to England to marry Henry’s older brother,... -
![Katherine of Aragón: The True Queen by Alison Weir]()
Katherine of Aragón: The True Queen by Alison Weir
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir takes on what no fiction writer has done before: creating a dramatic six-book series in which each novel covers one of King Henry VIII's wives. In this captivating opening volume, Weir brings to life the tumultuous tale of Katherine of Aragón. Henry's first, devoted, and "true" queen... -
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![Antoinette's Sister by Diana Giovinazzo]()
Antoinette's Sister by Diana Giovinazzo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBursting with intrigue, adventure, and romance, Antoinette's Sister expertly brings to life one of history's most formidable European monarchs: a woman who upended societal conventions for the betterment of her people as Queen of Naples, and courageously lived—and loved—on her own terms... -
![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... -
![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... -
![A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck by Judith Arnopp]()
A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck by Judith Arnopp
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the years after Bosworth, a small boy is ripped from his rightful place as future king of England. Years later when he reappears to take back his throne, his sister Elizabeth, now Queen to the invading King, Henry Tudor, is torn between family loyalty and duty... -
![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... -
![Confessions of Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey]()
Confessions of Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConfessions of Marie Antoinette, the riveting and sweeping final novel in Juliet Grey’s trilogy on the life of the legendary French queen, blends rich historical detail with searing drama, bringing to life the early years of the French Revolution and the doomed royal family’s final days. Versailles, 1789... -
![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 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 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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![Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 2 by Philippa Gregory]()
Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 2 by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of THE WHITE QUEEN, now a hit BBC TV production - the last three novels of her Tudor Court series: THE QUEEN’S FOOL, THE VIRGIN’S LOVER and THE OTHER QUEENTHE QUEEN’S FOOL is a stunning novel set in the Tudor court, depicting the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister Elizabeth, played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion... -
![The Dragon & the Rose by Roberta Gellis]()
The Dragon & the Rose by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dragon Henry had been hunted, betrayed and attacked by his political enemies since the day he was born... -
![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... -
![Elizabeth I by Margaret George]()
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... -
![Mademoiselle Boleyn by Robin Maxwell]()
Mademoiselle Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen her father is assigned the task of spying on the French Court, the charming and sweetly innocent Anne Boleyn is delighted by the thought of a new adventure. And she is not to be disappointed, for her beautiful sister, Mary, has been handed a mission: to let herself be seduced by the King of France in order to uncover his secrets... -
![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 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 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 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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![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... -
![The Countess and the King: A Novel of the Countess of Dorchester and King James II by Susan Holloway Scott]()
The Countess and the King: A Novel of the Countess of Dorchester and King James II by Susan Holloway Scott
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKatherine Sedley lived by her own rules and loved who she pleased- until she became the infamous mistress of King James II... London, 1675: Born to wealth and privilege, Katherine is introduced to the decadent court of King Charles II, and quickly becomes a favorite from the palace to the bawdy playhouses. She gleefully snubs respectable marriage to become the Duke of York's mistress... -
![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 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... -
![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... -
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![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... -
![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... -
![Daughters of Spain by Jean Plaidy]()
Daughters of Spain by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith Spain now united, Ferdinand looked to his daughters to further his ambitions. All too often, Isabella found herself torn between his brilliant plans and her love for her children. During the last years of Isabella's reign it seemed there was a curse on the Royal House which struck at the children of the Sovereigns... -
![The French Mistress by Susan Holloway Scott]()
The French Mistress by Susan Holloway Scott
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of The King's Favorite -a new novel based on a dazzling and decadent true story of Restoration England.The daughter of a poor nobleman, Louise leaves the French countryside for the court of King Louis XIV, where she must not only please the tastes of the jaded king, but serve as a spy for France...Categorized as:
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![Epitaph for Three Women by Jean Plaidy]()
Epitaph for Three Women by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the death of Henry the fifth, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester. Shrewd and clever, Bedford seeks to uphold all his late brother had won and preserve it for young Henry the sixth. Gloucester, a man of poor judgment, greedy for wealth and power, has other ideas... -
![I, Jane by Diane Haeger]()
I, Jane by Diane Haeger
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThough her path to the throne was long and paved with treachery, Jane Seymour would win the heart of her king—and heal her own. Jane Seymour of Wiltshire is not meant to go to Court. Not a child like her, with her lack of beauty and no title. But family connections are enough to have her named to the bridal retinue of Mary Tudor...Categorized as:
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![The Murder in the Tower by Jean Plaidy]()
The Murder in the Tower by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dashing Robert Carr is a well-known favourite of King James I and he rises quickly through the ranks. But when he is married to the cunning and beautiful child-bride, Frances Howard, a very dangerous liaison changes everything. Frances emerges as a headstrong force of nature - determined to have her way, no matter what the cost... -
![Secret Marriages: Edward IV, Eleanor & Elizabeth by J.P. Reedman]()
Secret Marriages: Edward IV, Eleanor & Elizabeth by J.P. Reedman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEleanor Talbot, newly widowed after the Battle of Blore Heath, meets Edward, Earl of March. It is a time of trials when the Lancastrians and Yorkists fight for supremacy...and the throne of England. The Talbots are staunch Lancastrians; Edward is the Son of York. The Battles of Mortimer's Cross and the bloodbath of Towton lead to Edward taking the crown... -
![In the Shadow of Lady Jane by Edward Charles]()
In the Shadow of Lady Jane by Edward Charles
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is April 1551. While the family of Lord Henry Grey are visiting their Devon estate, the Grey sisters are saved from drowning by a local medical apprentice, Richard Stocker. Little does Richard know that this single act will plunge him into a tide of religious and social upheaval that will change not only his own life but the course of British history... -
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![Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord by Jean Plaidy]()
Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharles II, determined his people shall know peace and religious freedom, intrigues with Louis XIV for the money that will keep him independent of Parliament and dispel the shadows cast over the throne by his son Monmouth and his own brother, the Duke of York...Categorized as:
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![A Health Unto His Majesty by Jean Plaidy]()
A Health Unto His Majesty by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 30-year-old Charles II is rapturously welcomed back on the throne after years in exile. Needing funds he marries the wealthy Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza. But this is an unsuccessful match to his unattractive princess fails to provide him with an heir and the dowry never materializes... -
![Caroline, the Queen by Jean Plaidy]()
Caroline, the Queen by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe survival of the British monarchy as a popular institution owes a lot toits queens who were, more often than not, more intelligent than theirhusbands. Caroline of Ansbach is such a queen. Well-educated and from one ofthe poorer German principalities, Caroline married into the boorish House ofHanover... -
![Anne Boleyn: A Novel by Evelyn Anthony]()
Anne Boleyn: A Novel by Evelyn Anthony
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet against the intrigue and pageantry of the sixteenth-century English court, Evelyn Anthony’s novel tells the love story of Henry Tudor and Anne Boleyn, who would become his wife, his queen, and the mother of one of Britain’s greatest monarchs On a lovely midsummer afternoon, Henry Tudor rides to Hever Castle... -
![Lost Dreams: The Story of Eadburg, Queen of Wessex by Jayne Stone]()
Lost Dreams: The Story of Eadburg, Queen of Wessex by Jayne Stone
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWomen have always had a tough time in politics. Over twelve hundred years ago, Eadburg made a name for herself as one of the most powerful queens of the early middle ages, and her reputation for malevolence is documented in a contemporaneous biography of King Alfred the Great... -
![Green Mountain, White Cloud: A Novel of Love in the Ming Dynasty by François Cheng]()
Green Mountain, White Cloud: A Novel of Love in the Ming Dynasty by François Cheng
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a medieval abbey near Paris, in a room piled high with old Chinese texts, lies a manuscript gathering dust. Though ordinary in appearance, it first captures the eye of the narrator of François Cheng's novel. Then, once he begins to read, it captures his imagination and his heart. The book dates from the mid-seventeenth century, during the twilight of the Ming Dynasty...
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