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  • A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque

    A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Executioner Knights are back! Alexander de Sherrington seeks to marry a daughter of the great Christopher de Lohr (Rise of the Defender). But not if King John has anything to say about it! Alexander de Sherrington, the man affectionately referred to as ‘Sherry’ by his friends, is off on the greatest adventure of his life… and his target is Lady Christin de Lohr...
  • Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett

    Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions. Pawn in Frankincense is the fourth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles . Somewhere within the bejeweled labyrinth of the Ottoman empire, a child is hidden...
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  • The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett

    The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The third volume in The Lymond Chronicles , the highly renowned series of historical novels by Dorothy Dunnett, Disorderly Knights takes place in 1551, when Francis Crawford of Lymond is dispatched to embattled Malta, to assist the Knights of Hospitallers in defending the island against the Turks...
  • The Secret Midwife by Soraya M. Lane

    The Secret Midwife by Soraya M. Lane

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    London, 1995: When on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz a news broadcast runs an appeal for information on the identity of a midwife who saved hundreds of lives, Emilia knows it is time to finally tell her story...
  • The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani

    The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Wings comes an epic story of the unrelenting force of love, the power of healing, and the invincible desire to dream. Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake...
  • The Leviathan: The Blackchurch Guild: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    The Leviathan: The Blackchurch Guild: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Book One in the exciting and diverse new series, The Blackchurch Guild: The Shadow Knights.Medieval England’s most elite training guild.The Blackchurch Guild is an elite knight training school. Men, and even women, are accepted into the program if they prove themselves worthy. Different from most training arenas in England, candidates don’t have to be from wealthy families...
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    medieval  historical  highlander  vikings  m-f
  • A Wolfe Among Dragons by Kathryn Le Veque

    A Wolfe Among Dragons by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "James died in Papa's arms ~ " Penelope de Wolfe from SERPENT Get ready for perhaps the greatest de Wolfe adventure yet.... The sons of William de Wolfe (The Wolfe) are immortal, so they say. Men who are known as ShadowWolfe... DarkWolfe... Nighthawk... are as legendary as their father. The eldest four sons - Scott, Troy, Patrick, and James have always run in a pack...
  • Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett

    Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions. Second in the legendary Lymond Chronicles , Queen's Play follows Frances Crawford of Lymond who has been abruptly called into the service of Mary Queen of Scots...
  • Lion of War: A Medieval Romance (Sons of de Lohr by Kathryn Le Veque

    Lion of War: A Medieval Romance (Sons of de Lohr by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The heir to Lioncross Abbey Castle makes his presence known.Like all sons of de Lohr, Curtis de Lohr was born for war.As the firstborn son of the Earl of Hereford and Worcester, England’s greatest knight during the reign of Richard I, Curtis grew up knowing what was expected of him and he thrived through the pressure...
  • When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman

    When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 28 ratings
    A.D. 1135. As church bells tolled for the death of England's King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman: Henry's beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou. But before Maude could claim her throne, her cousin Stephen seized it. In their long and bitter struggle, all of England bled and burned...
  • The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman

    The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Filled with drama and battle, tragedy and romance, Sharon Penman’s The Land Beyond the Sea tells the epic tale of a clash of cultures that will resonate with readers today.1172. The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer – the land beyond the sea.A young realm, Outremer was baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in 1099...
  • Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir

    Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Two husbands dead; a life marred by sadness. And now Katharine is in love for the first time in her life. The eye of an ageing and dangerous king falls upon her. She cannot refuse him. She must stifle her feelings and never betray that she wanted another. And now she is the sixth wife. Her queenship is a holy mission yet, fearfully, she dreams of the tragic parade of women who went before her...
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    tudors  medieval  historical  length-long
  • Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir

    Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A novel of the devout young woman who became the unwilling object of King Henry VIII's ardor--and the mother of his only son. In this third book in the epic Six Tudor Queens series, the acclaimed historian and bestselling author brings new insight to this dramatic story, showing how pure fear for her life determined Jane Seymour's actions...
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    tudors  medieval  historical  length-long
  • The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 24 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero. A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints him tutor to the heir to the throne, the volatile and fickle Prince Henry...
  • Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen by Alison Weir

    Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen by Alison Weir

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The lives of Henry VIII's queens make for dramatic stories and Alison Weir will write a series of novels that offer insights into the real lives of the six wives based on extensive research and new theories...
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    tudors  medieval  historical  length-epic
  • Iron and Gold by S.J.A. Turney

    Iron and Gold by S.J.A. Turney

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The wolves of Odin land in Italy, and the tantalising scent of gold is in the air…AD 1043. Having escaped Constantinople with their lives – barely – but not their ship, Halfdan and the wolves of Odin are now mercenaries in the Byzantine army, sailing to Apulia in Italy to help retake territory from the Normans.But cracks are beginning to show among the tight-knit wolves...
  • The Road to Runnymede by David Field

    The Road to Runnymede by David Field

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse…England, 1199After the death of Richard the Lionheart, his brother, John takes the English throne with the support of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine.But John has a rival in the person of young Arthur, Duke of Brittany, who Richard had acknowledged as his rightful heir...
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    war  medieval  historical  suspense  length-short
  • Braveheart by Randall Wallace

    Braveheart by Randall Wallace

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    For love of country, for love of maiden, for love of freedom...he became the hammer and scourge of England. In one of history's darkest hours there arose from humble beginnings a man of courage and honor -- the likes of whom the world may never see again...
  • Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by Alison Weir

    Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by Alison Weir

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Born into a noble English family, Anne is barely a teenager when she is sent from her family’s Hever Castle to serve at the royal court of the Netherlands. This strategic move on the part of her opportunistic father also becomes a chance for the girl to grow and discover herself...
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    tudors  medieval  historical  length-long
  • Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir

    Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series, relates one of the most tragic stories in English history: Katheryn Howard, Henry VIII's fifth queen.A naive girl, thrust forward by her ambitious family. A pretty girl, who has captured the heart of the King. Katheryn sings, she dances, she delights in the pleasures of being queen...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  length-long
  • Of One Heart by Cynthia Wright

    Of One Heart by Cynthia Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A BATTLE FOR POSSESSION... in which the beautiful young French widow Michelene Tevoulere becomes the pawn in a royal scheme involving England's King Henry VIII and the court of France's Francois I.A BATTLE FOR POWER..
  • Countess of Intrigue by Anne R. Bailey

    Countess of Intrigue by Anne R. Bailey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *Now with a new epilogue*A tale of surviving battles, plots and love in the Golden Age.Frances Walsingham is the only child of Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth I’s infamous spymaster. Frances might be ignorant about court life, but she is resilient, and level-headed. These are all attributes she will rely on in the coming years as she faces new challenges and tragedies...
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    tudors  medieval  historical  length-short
  • Rosamund by Bertrice Small

    Rosamund by Bertrice Small

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Rosamund 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...
  • Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir

    Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII's fourth wife, as a grieving king chooses a bride sight unseen in the fourth novel in the epic and intrigue-filled Six Tudor Queens series. Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to insure the royal succession...
  • Violet by Lauren Royal

    Violet by Lauren Royal

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    England, 1673 The Ashcroft family motto is "Question Convention," and eldest sister Violet agrees with the sentiment completely. For one thing, she's not planning to marry...
  • Pour the Dark Wine by Dinah Lampitt

    Pour the Dark Wine by Dinah Lampitt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In 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...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  length-long
  • Mayflowers for November: The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn by Malyn Bromfield

    Mayflowers for November: The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn by Malyn Bromfield

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sensational novel depicting Anne Boleyn's dramatic downfall through the eyes of a servant in the court of Henry the Eighth. Avis Grinnel’s life is forever changed when a young musician arrives unexpectedly to escort her to the innermost sanctum of King Henry VIII’s royal court. However, it is not the king who has demanded her presence but his new queen, the much-disliked Anne Boleyn...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  length-medium
  • The Locksmith's Daughter by Karen Brooks

    The Locksmith's Daughter by Karen Brooks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world where no one can be trusted and secrets are currency, one woman stands without fear. Mallory Bright is the only daughter of London’s master locksmith. For her there is no lock too elaborate, no secret too well kept...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  length-long
  • A Dish of Spurs by Robert Low

    A Dish of Spurs by Robert Low

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the space between nations, nothing is out of bounds.1542. For centuries the Scottish and English borders were known as the Debatable lands: wild, lawless, and the province of reivers, tight-knit robber families that roamed and pillaged the remote passes without fear...Fifteen-year-old Mintie Henderson has just seen her father murdered...
  • Justice For The Cardinal: Thomas Cromwell is out for revenge... by David Field

    Justice For The Cardinal: Thomas Cromwell is out for revenge... by David Field

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dramatic saga of King Henry VIII’s court! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches. What leads to the King’s favour one day, can be deadly on the next..
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    war  medieval  historical  suspense  length-medium
  • The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    1501: 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...
  • Ironfire by David Ball

    Ironfire by David Ball

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the acclaimed author of Empires of Sand comes a mesmerizing new adventure that Jean Auel cites as “crowded with events that both forecast and mirror the conflicts of today...
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    war  medieval  historical  slow burn  length-epic
  • Mistress Cromwell by Carol McGrath

    Mistress Cromwell by Carol McGrath

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The powerful, evocative new novel by the critically acclaimed author of The Handfasted Wife, The Woman in the Shadows presents the rise of Thomas Cromwell, Tudor England's most powerful statesman, through the eyes of his wife Elizabeth...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  length-medium
  • The Last Boleyn by Karen Harper

    The Last Boleyn by Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    She Survived Her Own Innocence, and the Treachery of Europe s Royal Courts Greed, lust for power, sex, lies, secret marriages, religious posturing, adultery, beheadings, international intrigue, jealousy, treachery, love, loyalty, and betrayal...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  royalty  length-long
  • Lily by Lauren Royal

    Lily by Lauren Royal

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    England, 1677 Lily Ashcroft is far and away the most conventional member of her eccentric family. Though she fell for dashing Oxford professor Lord Randal Nesbitt at the tender age of sixteen, she buried her feelings in deference to society's expectation that her older sisters marry first...
  • The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory

    The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The final novel in the Cousins’ War series, the basis for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries, The White Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling author and “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory tells the fascinating story of Margaret Pole, cousin to the “White Princess,” Elizabeth of York, and lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon...
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    tudors  medieval  historical  length-epic
  • Queen By Right by Anne Easter Smith

    Queen By Right by Anne Easter Smith

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    From the award-winning author of A Rose for the Crown, Daughter of York, and The King’s Grace comes another masterful historical novel—the story of Cecily of York, mother of two kings and the heroine of one of history’s greatest love stories...
  • Castile for Isabella by Jean Plaidy

    Castile for Isabella by Jean Plaidy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Castile for Isabella covers the early life of the most significant of all Spanish monarchs: Isabella of Castile. Isabella is seen as a young girl,within a few steps of the throne; first in the care of an ambitious but unbalanced mother; later in the licentious court of her half-brother HenryIV; and at length ascending the throne, Ferdinand beside her...
  • Root of the Tudor Rose by Mari Griffith

    Root of the Tudor Rose by Mari Griffith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Immensely readable and compelling…Highly recommended!" Alison Weir, bestselling author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII “A stunning first novel…this new treatment of Catherine de Valois’ story will be a delight to lovers of historical fiction...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  length-medium
  • The Lady of the Ravens by Joanna Hickson

    The Lady of the Ravens by Joanna Hickson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Praise for Joanna Hickson: ‘Bewitching . . . alive with historical detail’ Good Housekeeping ‘Intriguing . . . told with confidence’ The Times Two 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...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  length-long
  • 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: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
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    medieval  tudors  historical  length-long
  • The King's Falcon by Stella Riley

    The King's Falcon by Stella Riley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Following his coronation in Scotland, Charles ll leads an army south to reclaim his throne but the dream ends in a crushing defeat at Worcester, leaving no other choice but flight...
  • The King's Grace by Anne Easter Smith

    The King's Grace by Anne Easter Smith

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The 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...
  • Rose by Lauren Royal

    Rose by Lauren Royal

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    England, 1677 The last of three sisters to marry, Lady Rose Ashcroft is determined to land a wealthy, titled husband--a marquess perhaps, or even a duke. Having had her heart broken in the past, she's decided the key to enticing a man lies in hiding her intelligence and academic interests while flaunting her more feminine qualities...
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    medieval  tudors  humor  historical  length-medium
  • The Queen's Gamble by Barbara Kyle

    The Queen's Gamble by Barbara Kyle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Young Queen Elizabeth I's path to the throne has been a perilous one, and already she faces a dangerous crisis. French troops have landed in Scotland to quell a rebel Protestant army, and Elizabeth fears once they are entrenched on the border, they will invade England. Isabel Thornleigh has returned to London from the New World with her Spanish husband, Carlos Valverde, and their young son...
  • Blood Between Queens by Barbara Kyle

    Blood Between Queens by Barbara Kyle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Following her perilous fall from a throne she'd scarcely owned to begin with, Mary, Queen of Scots, has fled to England, hoping her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, will grant her asylum. But now Mary has her sights on the English crown, and Elizabeth enlists her most trusted subjects to protect it...
  • A Marriage of Fortune by Anne O'Brien

    A Marriage of Fortune by Anne O'Brien

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    England, 1469. As the War of the Roses rages on, Margaret Paston knows that there is only one way to survive the loss of the Paston's family seat, Caister Castle: a fortunate marriage for one of her unruly daughters. A favourable match will change the future of her family overnight but a scandal will ruin the Paston name forever..
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    war  medieval  military  historical  length-long
  • A Marriage of Fortune by Anne O'Brien

    A Marriage of Fortune by Anne O'Brien

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    England, 1469. As the War of the Roses rages on, Margaret Paston knows that there is only one way to survive the loss of the Paston's family seat, Caister Castle: a fortunate marriage for one of her unruly daughters. A favourable match will change the future of her family overnight but a scandal will ruin the Paston name forever..
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    medieval  war  historical  military  length-medium
  • I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

    I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Publicly declared a bastard at the age of three, daughter of a disgraced and executed mother, last in the line of succession to the throne of England, Elizabeth I inherited an England ravaged by bloody religious conflict, at war with Spain and France, and badly in debt...
  • Queen of This Realm by Jean Plaidy

    Queen of This Realm by Jean Plaidy

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In 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...
    Categorized as:
    medieval  tudors  royalty  historical  length-long
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