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Philippa Gregory - The Boleyn Inheritance
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:liilas: :liilas::liilas: Philippa Gregory - The Boleyn Inheritance Their positions brought them wealth, admiration, and power ... and cursed them with deceit, betrayal, and terror. THREE NOBLE WOMEN SHARE ONE TRAGIC FATE: The Boleyn Inheritance ANNE OF CLEVES runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a court ruled by the terror of a vengeful king who despises her. Her inheritance: accusations and false witness. KATHERINE HOWARD is in love--but not with the diseased old man who made her queen and beds her night after night. Her inheritance: the threat of the axe. JANE ROCHFORD's testimony sent her husband and sister-in-law to their deaths and sealed her reputation for malice, jealousy, and twisted lust. Her inheritance: a fortune and a title, in exchange for her soul. awards 2006 RT Reviewers' Choice -- Historical Fiction :8_4_134: :8_4_134::8_4_134: |
Philippa Gregory - The White Queen
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:liilas: :liilas::liilas: Philippa Gregory - The White Queen BROTHER TURNS ON BROTHER to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women, starting with Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen. The White Queen tells the story of a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition who, catching the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing princes in the Tower of London whose fate is still unknown. From her uniquely qualified perspective, Philippa Gregory explores this most famous unsolved mystery of English history, informed by impeccable research and framed by her inimitable storytelling skills. :8_4_134: :8_4_134::8_4_134: |
Philippa Gregory - The Queen's Fool
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:liilas: :liilas::liilas: Philippa Gregory - The Queen's Fool A young woman caught in the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half sister, Elizabeth, must find her true destiny amid treason, poisonous rivalries, loss of faith, and unrequited love. It is winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee Spain with her father. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee. Her gift of "Sight," the ability to foresee the future, is priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court. Hannah is adopted by the glamorous Robert Dudley, the charismatic son of King Edward's protector, who brings her to court as a "holy fool" for Queen Mary and, ultimately, Queen Elizabeth. Hired as a fool but working as a spy; promised in wedlock but in love with her master; endangered by the laws against heresy, treason, and witchcraft, Hannah must choose between the safe life of a commoner and the dangerous intrigues of the royal family that are inextricably bound up in her own yearnings and desires. :8_4_134: :8_4_134::8_4_134: |
Philippa Gregory - The Constant Princess
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:liilas: :liilas::liilas: Philippa Gregory - The Constant Princess "I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known . . . and I will be Queen of England." Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Known to history as the Queen who was pushed off her throne by Anne Boleyn, here is a Katherine the world has forgotten: the enchanting princess that all England loved. First married to Henry older brother, Arthur, Katherine's passion turns their arranged marriage into a love match; but when Arthur dies, the merciless English court and her ambitious parents--the crusading King and Queen of Spain--have to find a new role for the widow. Ultimately, it is Katherine herself who takes control of her own life by telling the most audacious lie in English history, leading her to the very pinnacle of power in England. Set in the rich beauty of Moorish Spain and the glamour of the Tudor court, The Constant Princess presents a woman whose constancy helps her endure betrayal, poverty, and despair, until the inevitable moment when she steps into the role she has prepared for all her life: Henry VIII's Queen, Regent, and commander of the English army in their greatest victory against Scotland. :8_4_134: :8_4_134::8_4_134: |
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